For the shade gardener who wants to grow edible plants, this shadowy designation of how much—or how little—direct sunlight a ...

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 winter temperatures.

In addition to the daffodils and dogwoods blooming, there’s a subtle but equally welcome sign of spring in the garden and landscape: emerging fern fiddleheads. In a range of ...

Fiddleheads have a few characteristics that distinguish them from their cousins. The bright green ferns grow in a woody cluster, and you can spot them by searching out the old, brown, past-season ...

THESE are fiddlehead ferns, known in Malay as pucuk paku and, in Cantonese, paku choy. The English name comes from the resemblance to the coiled tops of fiddles or violins. Essentially ...