The Exotic Fern Group was happy to join with RHS Garden Rosemoor in their celebration of houseplants, flying the flag for ferns.

Earlier this year we were asked to survey the glasshouse ferns at Treborth Botanic Garden.

The island of La Palma in the Canary Isles has several very different terrains which are a haven for many species of ferns.

Saturday 31 August 2024 saw twenty-three members of the Group arrive at the home of Stuart and Zaz Worth near Reading.

Several Davallia species make excellent houseplants as they are attractive and undemanding in their care.

On this pleasant spring day, sixteen members of the Group met in the teaching room at Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG).

Mike Clifford shares some of his insights and tips on the ferns he grows in his suburban, botanical-themed garden in Poole, Dorset.

A few months ago I visited Botanische tuin Zuidas, a small botanical garden between the tall apartment buildings of south Amsterdam.

Scale insects can adversely affect the health of large plants and can kill small ferns

I first came across Pyrrosia about four years ago, on a summer holiday in Cornwall.

A few years back I came across a Pyrrosia in a Cornish nursery labelled ‘collected in Kashmir’—it was one I had not seen before.

The genus Pyrrosia has many species ranging from frost-tolerant, through to those that do well in hot, humid, terrarium conditions.

An appendix to Evan Sharp’s article, ‘My thoughts and findings regarding Pyrrosia subfurfuracea and Pyrrosia calvata’.

Several Pyrrosia species do very well in hothouse or terrarium conditions. In this article I discuss four such species.

I asked a number of members how they were keeping their Pyrrosia throughout the year.

Pteridophytes are a key component of the rich Sri Lankan floristic diversity.

Peter Blake and I went to survey the indoor and tropical ferns at The Firs Environmental Research Station.

Twenty-five members of the Group and their friends met at the Elizabeth Gate at Kew Gardens.

I thought it would be interesting to share Christopher’s comments with you all on commonly available P. quadriaurita ‘Tricolor’.

One of the common Nephrolepis cultivars on the market for a long time has been Nephrolepis cordifolia ‘Duffii’.

Rose Danford-Phillips shares some of her insights and tips on aquascaping and growing aquatic ferns.

It’s no secret that I’m obsessed with making terrariums.

Matthew Reeve and I were lucky enough to be escorted round the Tropical Ravine in Belfast Botanic Garden.

We all too easily buy things in the hope that the name is right—especially when it’s a plant we’ve read about and want to grow.