Christmas ferns, they're just simple woodland shade plants, right? Wrong! Turns out, we’ve been taking this green-leafed plant for granted for quite some time. Said to gain its name from ...

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 ...

There is, however, green to be seen on the ground under many bare deciduous trees alongside roadways from Christmas ferns (Polystichum acrostichoides). They’re native to the eastern part of the ...

After I got your mouth watering last week with a discourse on lichens here, I am sure you have been licking your chops and ...

"Obviously, it gave a certain flavour to Christmas." Rosemary Parslow The least adder's-tongue fern grows in the UK only on St Agnes Rosemary dedicates her time to repeatedly returning to the ...