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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.
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.
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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).
The quintessential Victorian plants were palms (such as kentia palms and parlour palms), the cast iron plant, and ferns. Ferns were grown in Wardian cases, an early type of terrarium. Geraniums were often placed on window ledges and in drawing rooms and were the most affordable houseplant for the average Briton. [19] [22]
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])
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 ...
Nephrolepis cordifolia is a fern native to the global tropics, including northeastern Australia and Asia. It has many common names including fishbone fern, tuberous sword fern, tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, and herringbone fern. [1] It is similar to the related fern Nephrolepis exaltata.