Propagating ferns from spores is a delightful process, but requires a fair bit of time. If you're looking for instant gratification, propagating from rhizome is an easier way—although plants may ...

Everyone’s seen Rudolph Zallinger’s “The March of Progress” illustration showcasing the evolution of humans: from early ...

and Wyoming to compare the greenhouse plants to fossilized fern leaves and spores from the time of the iridium anomaly and the fern spike. “Broadly speaking, there’s three ways to study the past: You ...

Plants lived on land, but most of the land was still ... Ferns do things a little differently. The diploid ferns produce haploid cells called spores, and these will blow across the landscape when ...

Like the clubmosses (see Plant Evolution I), the ferns are early ... arrangement and location of their “sori” — small clusters of spore-producing structures found on the undersides of fern leaves, ...

Clearly, pollination truly does rely on the birds and the bees, as well as insects, to fulfill plant reproduction. They are ...

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky. Here’s how to give your asparagus fern everything it needs to thrive. Asparagus ferns may be best known for their airy, delicate foliage ...