Ferns are best planted in the cooler, wetter seasons of spring and autumn. Almost all varieties prefer shade, with some happy ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about buying and growing Norland potatoes as well as dusting houseplants.

S ome ferns can be fussy to grow indoors and tend to drop fronds constantly (we’re looking at you, Boston fern!), but the bird’s nest fern is a true gem. With thick strappy le ...

It used to have more fern foliage. Any ideas to get it to produce more fern leaves? — Dave S. A: Your rabbit’s foot fern is beautiful! This type of fern is fascinating, and the name is so ...

At an outcrop north of Sydney, Australia, the research team unearths a rock covered in fossil leaves of the extinct ‘seed fern’ Dicroidium.