As summer makes its steamy arrival in Kentucky, shade becomes an ever increasingly important and hot garden commodity. No longer do we embrace the sunshine with the same vigor as we did on those first ...

One of the simple pleasures in life is visiting preserved woodlands and forests where towering trees create quiet, shady, often damp environments. Not many plants can grow in the low light levels cast ...

There are approximately 12,000 fern species growing worldwide, most of them found in forests, woodlands or tropical regions.

Take a stroll in almost any natural area that is shady and moist, and you are almost guaranteed to see ferns. The woods can be carpeted with these lovely native plants. They grow along streams, are ...

Ask a gardener about shade plants and they’ll respond with hostas, impatiens, ferns and a few others. If you ask a person about ferns, you may get the response that “ferns grow in the shade, but I don ...

This shade loving fern has bold and bright matte-green leaves that give a fresh look throughout the spring and summer. What: The bold evergreen leaves of this holly fern are the largest of all the ...

You don’t have to live in the tropics to have a stunning foliage display in your shade garden. Midwest gardeners have a wonderful foliage palette that can fill in areas among other perennials, or even ...

Say you have a set of antique spoons. Perhaps you display them in a spoon rack as a prized collection; maybe you use them at the family dinner table. Ferns are something like that. Many serious ...