Not not all types of ferns produce offshoots or a ready supply of new plants. To grow large numbers and develop hybrids, growers may obtain their starts through spore germination, a process that can ...

Don't put away your seed flats and potting soil just yet. It's time to go on a spore hunt. Spores are a most useful catch if you want to plant ferns in quantity. But you'll have to be patient. Keep ...

Don't put away your seed flats and potting soil just yet. It's time to go on a spore hunt. Spores are a most useful catch if you want to plant ferns in quantity. But you'll have to be patient. Keep ...

Fern reproduction is so mysterious it remained wrapped in mystery and magic until the middle of the 19th century. The reason is that – unlike all other plants – ferns don’t flower and therefore ...

Alice Burkman of Oswego has two grown children and about 300 ”babies.” The babies are her ferns, of which she has 18 different varieties growing outside under special frames, or inside, at a tender ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 69, No. 7 (Aug., 1982), pp. 1148-1155 (8 pages) The spores of four species of the Paleozoic filicalean fern Botryopteris are examined at the ultrastructural level.

Transform your fern collection into a lush oasis for free. Deer-resistant and shade-loving, ferns add a whimsical allure to ...

Although rain is the most important agent in airborne biological particle deposition most of the current sampling traps retain palynomorphs (fern spore, fungal spore, pollen, among others) but are ...

Ferns can add a woodland feeling to shady areas of a perennial garden. Because they might have lacy or leathery leaves, grow upright or trail, be plain green or variegated, their variation offers ...

Don't put away your seed flats and potting soil just yet. It's time to go on a spore hunt. Spores are a most useful catch if you want to plant ferns in quantity. But you'll have to be patient. Keep ...