Question: If a piece of staghorn fern falls from the main plant, can it be saved? I have seen them planted in mulch and soil. What is best? Answer: Sometimes staghorn ferns begin to fall apart with ...

I love hearing about what brings a family together. Maybe it’s the clam dip they serve every year during the Super Bowl, their top-secret, preposterously remote camping spot, or a weird but delicious ...

For sheer pop, indoors or out, staghorn ferns (Platycerium spp) can’t be beat. Once considered difficult to grow in San Diego County, staghorn ferns are now commonly found in nurseries, hanging on ...

BIG DOGS: In the 1970s, a co-worker gave Jerry Becnel Sr. a few little staghorn fern pups, the small reproducing pieces of the unusual tropical fern. More than 40 years later, Becnel and his wife, Jo ...

Ferns are fabulous additions to your houseplant collection, patio pots, hanging baskets, and gardens. They make great ...

It’s just a plant — but one that takes me back to the traumatic adolescence I tried so hard to escape. By Julie Buckner Armstrong I didn’t want the staghorn fern, but the thought of owning one made my ...

Kevin Burns receives funding from Victoria University of Wellington and the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member ...