Christmas ferns, they're just simple woodland shade plants, right? Wrong! Turns out, we’ve been taking this green-leafed plant for granted for quite some time. Said to gain its name from ...
But how much do you know about one of the earliest plants to evolve on our planet? Ferns have been growing on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. Dinosaurs, such as the towering Diplodocus, would ...
The stocking shape of the pinnae (leaflets) seals the connection for some. Christmas ferns grow in a clump to a height and width of 1 to 2 feet. The fronds are narrow, with a single row of pinnae ...
"They all thought I was totally barking," she says of her trips to find the plant. "Obviously, it gave a certain flavour to Christmas." Rosemary Parslow The least adder's-tongue fern grows in the ...
Ferns growing on other plants along with orchids and bromeliads are referred to as epiphytes. We commonly see epiphytitic types growing on hapuu, tree branches and even rocky, soiless areas.
So, to find out everything you need to know, we spoke to Maddie Porritt, plant expert at the online gardening centre The Stem. Here’s what she had to say. While you’ll find asparagus ferns in ...