Cut a healthy stem from your fern, using clean sterilised scissors or secateurs so as not to introduce infection. Cut just ...

Reader Jim Omundson occasionally e-mails me photos. It's always such a pleasure. ... Bearded iris and fern photos are stunning. Published: May. 06, 2009, 12:15 p.m. By .

The most common, of course, is the Boston fern, which can grow to behemoth size and last for years with careful tending. But there are lots of other kinds of ferns, besides Boston ferns, that look ...