Selaginella willdenowii is probably one of the best known ‘blue’ plants.

The Group held its first annual meeting at the home of Valdy and Greta Pierozynski in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire.

Over the years, we ended up with quite a few oddballs—things that didn’t really match the species we had but looked similar.

The fernery in Churchtown Botanic Gardens, Southport, has become one of the best-maintained and best-stocked heated ferneries in the UK.

Pityrogramma austroamericana is a very attractive tropical fern with a brilliant yellow farina coating the stipe and back of the fronds.

As our first trip abroad after the pandemic, my partner Nick and I went to visit the botanical gardens of Leiden and Utrecht.

The main factor that has led to ferns evolving in humid environments is that their lifecycle has a reliance on moist habitats.

As a means of providing a controlled and independent mini-environment in which to house exotic plants, terrariums have become quite popular.

Working out the ideal temperature and environmental conditions for a fern collection can be confusing. This is my journey as a ‘fern...

When I first saw Tectaria zeilanica I wasn’t at all sure that it was even a fern.