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 ...

Distinctive in appearance and name, staghorn fern is a species belonging to the genus Platycerium and the family Polypodiaceae. These ferns can be identified by their fronds, which bear an ...

Growth habit: An evergreen perennial foliage plant producing clusters of individual plants, each growing to 3 feet tall and wide. The leaves are medium green and consist of sterile fronds that grow ...

Ferns were among the earliest plants and evolved millions of years ago. They were a major part of early forests in the days of the dinosaurs and perhaps the first to come back after the great asteroid ...

For plants, light equals life. But more light isn’t always better. Some plants can thrive with just a little bit of light and prefer low-light spots. Even if you don’t have a sunroom or a south-facing ...

Q:On a garden tour of Santa Barbara, I saw a large, flourishing staghorn fern, a veritable green fountain mounted on a wooden plank on a wall. I was so impressed that I bought a small one, which is on ...

I have a huge staghorn fern that is getting too big for me to protect during the winter. Can I divide it and share it with friends? Yes, and in the process you can delight friends who have been ...

The Archbishop John Ireland used to pray in my kitchen — or so the neighbors say. Long before it was my attic apartment, this space was reportedly his home chapel in St. Paul, Minn. Ireland, a giant ...

-Staghorn Ferns are epiphytic meaning they grow in the canopy of trees in the wild. They use their old “shield” leaves as a sponge to collect rain water and organic debris. -Several species can be ...

If you”ve ever seen something that looks like a hunting trophy but is in shades of green, you can rest assured that it is not of animal origin. More than likely you”re gazing upon a staghorn fern, a ...

Otto von Bismarck, the powerful diplomatic deal-maker of 19th century Europe, is famously quoted as saying that politics is “the art of the possible.” Horticulture, by contrast, could be defined as ...