M.B.: Sounds like a natural to me. Our native sword ferns are easygoing and not easily upset. Minor or woodland bulbs that tolerate the shade are better choices than traditional tall tulips or ...

The sole difference is that Boston ferns’ leaves arch more dramatically than wild plants. ... Sword fern can also be considered epiphytic because it often colonizes cabbage palm trunks.

Nurserymen discovered the sword fern, sometimes called the Florida wild fern, technically Nephrolepis exaltata, during the late 1800s. Put this plant in a pot inside a building, and soon fronds ...

Holly fern was extremely common a half-century ago. ... (Watsonia borbonica), it features two-foot-long, sword-shaped leaves and, in spring, a three-foot stalk with pink or white, ...

The dark green leaves are particularly beautiful when new fronds emerge stiffly, then droop backwards to form a tassel. One I've recently discovered is Coniogramme emiensis or golden zebra fern.

Last spring I planted a cultivar with leaves the rich, deep color of oxblood. ... • Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) is one of the most dramatic and easy-care plants we can grow.

The OregonianWestern sword fern (Polystichum munitum) nestles against another Northwest native, wood sorrel (Oxalis oregana). Delicate as lace, or seemingly tough as leather, ferns can be found in ...

Fossil records of ferns can be dated back to about 360 million years ago (late Devonian period), with their descendants from 145 million years ago being more closely related to the current day ferns.

Leather leaf fern (Rumohra adiantiformis) Sword fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia, this one spreads vigorously) Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) ...

Maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-vernis), holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum), leather leaf fern (Rumohra adiantiformis), sword fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia; this one spreads vigorously), Christmas ...