The foxtail fern shown here is more closely related to asparagus, but brings Dr. Seuss-like fun to the containers on my deck every year. I like pairing it with bold-leaf canna lilies and trailing ...

The best way to avoid sprouts when taking out a Bradford pear tree is to have an arborist grind the stump out.

Dear Neil: I had a foxtail fern in a pot on my patio last week during the cold weather. It is unhappy pale and it’s dropping its leaves now. Do they freeze? I thought it was an asparagus ...

Dear Neil: I had a foxtail fern in a pot on my patio last week during the cold weather. It is unhappy pale and it’s dropping its leaves now. Do they freeze? I thought it was an asparagus ...

We’ve talked about starting seeds for our annual vegetable plants, but what about perennial vegetables? And by perennial vegetables, I mean asparagus. Growing asparagus can seem intimidating to ...

My blue star fern sits on an old schoolhouse desk beside my couch. I guess I have had it for three or four years now. It is one of those ...

My blue star fern sits on an old schoolhouse desk beside my couch. I guess I have had it for three or four years now. It is one of those plants I like but don’t really think about often.

Walking up to the swimming pool, SOG is transfixed by the red and white desert roses on her deck as well as foxtail ferns, golden orchids and Philippine ground orchids. Bryan stressed the ...

If the child loses, the adults get to choose a forfeit. It's the game that could end in tears! If you want to take part - email allison.ferns@bbc.co.uk ...

Moving through plant lineages, from spore-bearing lycophytes to ferns to flowering plants, reproduction becomes more and more specialized. Indeed, the flower is often diagrammed as the end goal of ...