Fern

Button fern is a variety with very beautiful foliage that flourishes well as indoor plant with little care. Its round arching fronds make it prominent and add elegance to any brightly lit place. Button fern has got signature foliage unlike its fellow family members. Its botanical name is Pellaea Rotundifolia wherin Rotund means round and … Read more

Composting Ferns is nothing but nourishing the soil with organic material that helps plants grow better. Most ferns are plants frequently found in woodlands and forests and have delicate roots adapted to the light forest soil, which is rich in natural matter obtained from the forest canopy. The right compost should be draining to prevent … Read more

On any season and location, Ferns add grace, elegance, serene beauty and make it a picturesque place . Maiden hair ferns are no exception to this fact of nature and rather they are front runners, a  shade better than their fellow fern varieties in terms of their beauty and utility value. It is also one … Read more

Hi all, Starting from the basics about fern, its habitat & requirements, we have so far seen some of the prerequisites of having fern either as house plant or Garden tree. Christmas fern is often grown by gardeners to help prevent soil erosion.  It thrives well in rocky or shallow garden borders, and flourish in … Read more

Hi all, Starting from the basics about fern, its habitat & requirements, we have so far seen some of the prerequisites of having fern either as house plant or Garden tree. One variety that is has got a typical and unique frond is ‘Staghorn fern ‘.The marvelous looking staghorn fern is an epiphyte or ‘air … Read more

Hello friends, we have so far seen some of the prerequisites of having fern either as house plant or Garden tree. One popular variety that is synonymous with word fern is “Boston Fern”. It is also called as sword fern or Ladder Fern .This variety grows in all warm and humid tropical areas around the … Read more

As already stated in previous posts, ferns exist for millions of years and are as old as the first first plant on land. You should at the same time remember that ferns have sophisticated reproductive system that can adapt to any type of environment. Like many other plants, ferns can reproduce by sexual or asexual … Read more

There is no need to emphasize about the essentiality of water for any living organism, let alone a plant. This has been taught at Kindergarten stage. There is much more to the watering cycle , dosage of water water , when and where to apply apart from other things  could turn out to be more  … Read more

Ferns have been in existence for well over  350 Million years and almost as old as the first land based plant. Ferns are much older than the Dinosaurs. In the previous posts, you have seen that four major ingredients are most important for the thriving of ferns in any place namely Shade, Moisture in air … Read more