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 ...

I received a question from a friend I have in Copley, Ohio. I don’t see him very often, but I do enjoy his piano playing. My friend has some amazing talent on the keyboard. He asked me about native ...

If you believe, as I do, that the most deeply satisfying gardens are ones not of flowers alone but of form and line, of texture and shades of green, then have I got a plant for you. The fern is primal ...

Q: Is it a bad time to transplant hosta and ferns? My mother-in-law had some large bushes removed and the ground is very soft. We'd like to move these plants there now. A: This isn't an ideal time, ...

There is something otherworldly about ferns. Their fronds suggest feathers and wings, and so when looking at them you may think of taking flight, most likely into the pre-historic past when they ...

The oldest plants on earth serve as modest ballasts in floral arrangements, as well as in life. By Ligaya Mishan LONG BEFORE THERE were flowers, the world was green. The first plants appeared some 500 ...

"On my birthday, my 95th birthday ... they named a plant after me, and I was blown away, it's a big honor," said Hilda White.

Ferns are not a very popular food item for the animal kingdom. Compared to the herbivorous insects on flowering plants and conifers, relatively few insects eat ferns. One estimate is there is about ...

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 ...