Contrary to its name, the Australian tree fern (Cyathea cooperi) is actually more tree than fern. Characterized by lacy, feathery fronds and a scale-covered trunk, the evergreen Australian tree ...

Learn how to grow and care for ferns so you can enjoy their lush ambiance in your garden year after year. Ferns are easy to ...

Say you have a set of antique spoons. Perhaps you display them in a spoon rack as a prized collection; maybe you use them at the family dinner table. Ferns are something like that. Many serious ...

soft-shield fern, evergreen maidenhair, and more. Dramatic tree ferns, golden tree ferns, etc. might also be an option in a position in damp shade where the location is also mild enough.

But it is possible to grow them well, provided you choose your site with care. Dicksonias tend to ... then these so-called tree ferns need regular hosing with water in the summer.

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky. Here’s how to give your asparagus fern everything it needs to thrive. Asparagus ferns may be best known for their airy, delicate foliage ...

Also on the programme, David heads to a Jurassic world in County Kerry where Australian tree ferns have naturalised. At the Greenmount campus of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural ...

Throughout their evolution, ferns have undergone a series of changes that have helped them survive on land. For the first time, researchers have characterized the genome arrangement of tree ferns ...

I recently invested in a beautiful tree fern for our shady back garden. A gardening friend told me that I’ll need to give it some protection from winter cold to prevent it being damaged.

Until recently, only two (relatively small) fern genomes were fully sequenced, compared with more than 200 flowering plant genomes. Now the first full tree fern genome has been successfully ...

Ferns have been around for over 360 million years. Giant tree fern forests were common for millions of years but they gave way as flowering plants evolved to take their place. Today most of the ...