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Here's everything you need to know about Boston Ferns, from species, to pruning, potting, problems, and the fact that this Victorian favorite actually doesn't hail from the Northeast.
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Nephrolepis exaltata, known as the sword fern [1] or Boston fern, is a species of fern in the family Nephrolepidaceae. [3] It is native to the Americas. [ 1 ] This evergreen plant can reach as high as 40–90 centimetres (16–35 in), and in extreme cases up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in).
A Boston fern is easy to grow in the right conditions. It's a fast-growing houseplant that can be a perennial in gardens in zones 10 and warmer. I Just Bought a Boston Fern.
Ferns and plants treated like ferns, such as Asparagus aethiopicus (asparagus fern) and Nephrolepis exaltata (Boston fern) Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail palm) Ficus spp., including Ficus benjamina (weeping fig), Ficus elastica (rubber plant) and Ficus lyrata (fiddle-leaf fig) Hoya spp. Orchidaceae (orchid) spp. Peperomia spp.
Nephrolepis is a genus of about 30 species of ferns. It is the only genus in the family Nephrolepidaceae, placed in the suborder Aspleniineae (eupolypods I) of the order Polypodiales in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [1] (It is placed in the Dryopteridaceae in some other classifications. [2])
Ferns are non-flowering plants and cannot therefore produce seed. Instead, ferns reproduce with the spores they are carrying on the underside of their fronds. When springtime arrives, the green fern fronds uncoil and uncurl and stretches up. On the underside of the frond, tiny green bumps start to appear and are soon turning brown.
This fern originated in Australia, but is relatively easy to cultivate indoors worldwide. [3] The often misspelled "Kimberley Queen" name correctly has a second "e" in the first name as is trademarked by Westland Laboratories Ply. Ltd. The Kimberley Queen is not as well known as the Boston fern. Because it is not as sensitive to a lack of ...