There are approximately 12,000 fern species growing worldwide, most of them found in forests, woodlands or tropical regions. While it would be impossible to collect all of these, most of us ...

As one of the best low maintenance ferns, this native evergreen perennial will spruce up an unused area of the garden. Thriving in shady and damp areas, it provides an exceptionally long period of ...

In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest species die back in our ...

The shade-loving ground cover with spiky flowers is a showy native flower that also happens to boast evergreen foliage. Pairing it with an evergreen fern will give you year-round ground cover that ...

The types of native species included in this table are trees, shrubs, perennials, ground covers, ferns, grasses, sedges, rushes, and vines. Table last updated June of 2023.

Florida has the widest variety of ferns in the continental U.S. (only Hawaii and Puerto Rico have more), and 123 of these are native to the state. Gardening with ferns is relatively easy given the ...