Winter gardening can often feel like a daunting task, especially when the vibrant colors and lush greenery of other seasons fade away. Many gardeners find themselves struggling to maintain their ...

Find out why one might want a moss garden. While many gardeners combat moss in their yards, Janesville's Rotary Gardens devote an entire garden to moss and ferns. Mark Dwyer explains why moss can ...

In a past column I featured many of the locations where cliffs and bluffs can be found in Indiana. While the limestone and sandstone that form these natural features usually generate the most ...

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million years. Giant tree fern forests were common for millions of years but they gave ...

If winter's duller palette leaves you yearning for color and flowers have yet to emerge, look more closely on an early spring walk, run or hike. Lichen, with its array of electric orange, green and ...

During the age of the dinosaurs, the arrival of flowering plants as competitors could have spelled doom for primitive ferns. Instead, ferns diversified and flourished under the new canopy -- using a ...