The native western sword fern, shown here surrounding the bird bath, can grow anywhere from 2 to 6 feet tall. It thrives in the moist, temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest and does well in a ...

As a kid, I remember watching time-lapse videos of a flower blooming or of the sun racing across the sky. Of course, things don't happen that way in nature with one possible exception: sprouting, ...

Ferns are believed to be 'old' plant species -- some of them lived alongside the dinosaurs, over 200 million years ago. However, a group of Andean ferns evolved much more recently: their completely ...