In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest species die back in our ...

Florida has the widest variety of ferns in the continental U.S. (only Hawaii and Puerto Rico have more), and 123 of these are native to the state. Gardening with ferns is relatively easy given the ...

Remove old fronds once they start to go brown. These can be left on over winter but removing them will keep the crown of the plant free from wet, decaying organic material. Most ferns don’t need to be ...

Although it is really chartreuse, this elephant ear's value to the landscape is pure gold--Royal Hawaiian Maui Gold, to be ...

DEAR NEIL: I have had trouble growing Russelia (firecracker fern) in pots ... during cold weather and that’s a good thing.