Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

With their bristling leaves in hues of green, purple, and silver, ferns are a great landscaping choice for adding texture and foliage in your yard. There are so many varieties of ferns to pick from, ...

Almost every garden has a shady area that influences the kinds of plants that will grow there. Many people consider these areas a problem, but they actually provide the opportunity to grow an ...

The Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) is a popular plant featuring soft, arching fronds and a full appearance. It is one of the best types of ferns to grow on your porch for a beautiful plant display ...

This shade loving fern has bold and bright matte-green leaves that give a fresh look throughout the spring and summer. What: The bold evergreen leaves of this holly fern are the largest of all the ...

What: Polystichum neolobatum, commonly called the Asian saber fern, is relatively new to the Pacific Northwest but has quickly proven to be a strong performer for us. Its fronds are glossy green and ...

My early morning dog walk follows the road behind my house, up the hill to an old, abandoned gravel pit carved out of a long ridge of gravel, an esker, formed in tunnels underneath the glaciers of the ...

With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about ...

After a short respite of warm weather, the first week of 2025′s winter has now turned cold. Our current brown outside world is interspersed with patches of back yard green grass but they too will ...