Those pesky, dim-lit, dark corners of your garden needn't remain barren — you can fill them with perennial ferns for an instant dose of calm and tranquility! Being forest dwellers, ferns are naturally ...

Take a stroll in almost any natural area that is shady and moist, and you are almost guaranteed to see ferns. The woods can be carpeted with these lovely native plants. They grow along streams, are ...

English ivy creeps all over the place, and pachysandra patches repeat in every yard as if they were spit out by a cosmic photocopier. But ferns, with their elegant fronds and varieties that come in ...

There’s a corner in almost every garden where nothing seems to want to grow. The ground looks dusty even after rain, the ...

Jurassic Gold is a compact, deer-resistant shade fern with color-changing fronds, ideal for low-light gardens and easy to ...

For shady spots, ferns deliver welcome color and texture, especially when mixed with flowering plants that similarly thrive in shade. They also make an excellent choice if there are lots of deer in ...

There are times when a nursery customer of ours asks for suggestions for a shady garden spot and I'll volunteer a fern. Occasionally I see that telltale look - "oh, a fern" (read: boring). That's when ...

Hardy ferns, with their delicately attractive shapes, are some of the most ornamental foliage plants and gems for shade gardens. Ferns have many different shapes, sizes and leaf forms, and they ...

Under trees, where only a few plants can grow, is the ideal place for ferns to flourish. Most species are shade-loving ornamentals that grow best in the filtered sun and high humidity found beneath ...

A hanging basket filled with beautiful ferns brightens up any space and adds curb appeal to your home. These popular plants are a common sight on Southern porches. Relatively easy to care for, ferns ...

As summer makes its steamy arrival in Kentucky, shade becomes an ever increasingly important and hot garden commodity. No longer do we embrace the sunshine with the same vigor as we did on those first ...

Ask a gardener about shade plants and they’ll respond with hostas, impatiens, ferns and a few others. If you ask a person about ferns, you may get the response that “ferns grow in the shade, but I don ...