This perennial is leafy and green in the deepest winter—and drought tolerant. Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) is a fast-growing native evergreen fern that is green and lush throughout the ...

After a short respite of warm weather, the first week of 2025′s winter has now turned cold. Our current brown outside world is interspersed with patches of back yard green grass but they too will ...

Many gardeners today are interested in native plants because their blossoms provide food for pollinators. However, nonblooming plants are also essential for native habitats. Plants such as ferns are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Often overlooked as simple groundcovers and fillers, feathery ferns are the star of the show in this New York garden. At present, ...

Few people can say that there is a plant is named after them. Hilda White — a 95-year-old, long-time volunteer at the University of Vermont's Pringle Herbarium — is one of the lucky individuals who ...

Set amidst the stark grays, blacks and browns of late fall and early winter are spots brightened by green as though hints of summer had lingered to remind the woods walker of the recently passed warm ...

As is probably the case with just about everybody, mail order catalogs jam mailboxes when the Christmas season is upon us. Some of the ones we get every year at this time are familiar, but many of ...

How did the Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) come by its common name? Perhaps because its evergreen nature makes it ideal for use in holiday decorations. Or maybe it’s the shape of its ...

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