Introduce lush foliage to your outdoor space with a shade-loving, low-maintenance plant that is ideal for beginner gardeners ...

This resilient and low-maintenance ground cover is the perfect solution for the bare patches of grass in your yard's shady areas.

There are plenty of other ferns. A prominent fern in our yard is an invader from the edge of the woods, the sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis), evidence of our moist soil.

Low-maintenance ferns grow best in light and soil conditions that are similar to those found in the woods. supplied  Ferns you say!! Why would I want those in my yard? I know what you're ...

Feeling the ferns? What to know about planting them at home Feel free to harvest them from the woods, but first figure out which species you want in your yard.

Q: I planted lady ferns in my yard in July when it was quite warm here. They did very well. Over the past two weeks they are starting to get brown on the leaves. Can you tell me why? – Jackson ...

Ferns are everywhere, and are a great starting point for designing your yard. Here are some tips on what varieties do well in Iowa as well as the best conditions for planting them.

Around the Yard is a weekly column written by Washington State University Master Gardeners of Cowlitz County and provides answers to local gardening questions.

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 ...

Whisk ferns are harmless, though some folks consider them weeds. They make interesting house plants; in fact, the Japanese have collected and grown many cultivated varieties as houseplants.

Besides all that, ferns have a kinky sex life. From a time eons before plants adopted the birds-and-the-bees plan of reproduction, ferns were letting spores loose on Carboniferous Period breezes.