A large selection of hardy ferns is commercially available.
Ferns are one of the most interesting, versatile and beautiful plant groups in existence today.
Among the oldest known plants on the planet, ferns grew in the age of the dinosaur. The dinosaurs disappeared, but the ferns survived. Because ferns lack flowers and seeds, they reproduce through spores. Found in abundance on the forest floor, ferns prosper in a soil rich with organic matter produced by decaying leaves and where a canopy of trees provides the necessary shade. When planting ferns, try to duplicate those conditions, and place plants in a soil amended with large amounts of shredded leaves.