You’re invited to Come Home with Greenwood and visit our premium fern selections. We have the best ferns available that are grown in large quart containers for one full season before we ship them. Widely grown in Victorian gardens, Ferns are enjoying a renaissance of popularity. Few plants impart such a light, airy, cooling effect in the landscape, or provide such a range of foliage textures for the garden. Easy to grow, even in a lightly shaded southern woodland setting, they like a light, highly organic soil with ample moisture during their growing season, particularly as the plants are becoming established. What are ferns?
Ferns are an ancient group of plants dating back about 300 million years. They are most closely related to mosses and liverworts. They never have flowers and fruits but instead reproduce by spores typically produced on the lower side of the fronds or ‘leaves’ or on specialized spore-bearing fronds. Do ferns make good garden plants?
Ferns make good, low maintenance garden plants that have surprisingly few pests and diseases. Many ferns prefer light to moderate shade, somewhat moist conditions and soil rich in organic matter. Ferns are adapted to a wide variety of conditions–some ferns prefer dry rocky sites or wet marshy conditions while others thrive in limestone-rich soils.
