Ferns: Tips From the Experts

Bring striking colors and texture to your woodland garden with Athyrium niponicum var. pictum

For distinctive looks and easy care in a shade garden, go for North American native Polystichum munitum

Try this giant among ferns for a showstopping sight in a shady or even somewhat sunny woodland garden

Bring rich texture and contrast to a dark woodland landscape with wonderfully diverse ferns

Use this evergreen, easy-care fern for soft texture and coppery tints in container gardens and the landscape at large

For long-term interest with little upkeep in challenging conditions, ferns might just be your garden's new best friend

Give this houseplant damsel lots of water and humidity, and a happy ending can be enjoyed by all

Sword-shaped leaves make this fern a stunning accent — and you can even mount it on wood for a wall hanging

Not actually a fern, this vivid member of the asparagus family has a distinctive appearance to awaken a garden year-round

Delicate to exuberant, ferns come in all manner of styles and add bursts of freshness to your interior decorating

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