What Are Ferns?

Series Summary

Tropical ferns have a relaxing quality like few other types of plants. Maybe it's in the way they move so softly in the gentlest of breezes. Or maybe it's how water rolls off the fronds so easily as if the drops were not even touching that creates that calm atmosphere around ferns. As one of the oldest plants in creation they are also truly hardy and therefore easy to grow and care for. Most commonly people grow shrub ferns however there are tree fern varieties to enjoy as well. If you would like to learn about, ferns learn from an expert.

In this free online video series learn about ferns from tropical fern expert Reggie Whitehead. If you would like to see different types of ferns to decide what type of fern to buy watch these videos and learn about the many different types of ferns such as the rabbits foot fern, maiden hair fern, staghorn fern; learn also how to distinguish ferns, how they reproduce, and how to re-pot ferns.

Video Transcript

"Hello! My name is Reggie Whitehead. Today I am going to be speaking with you about growing tropical ferns courtesy of the Tropical Fern Exotic Plant Society and on behalf of expertvillage.com. Today we will talk about what ferns are. Ferns are some of the oldest plants on the planet. They have been around for about 350 million years and the plant that is standing behind me is called angioctorferst. This is one of the few ferns that have been around for 350 million years. There are also records stating back to the actual plants. These plants are typically from Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia the ferns can grow approximately 22 feet long but in cultivation they can actually reach about 15 to 20 feet long. The Angioocterfester features a family of about either 1 or 200 species of plants. This angioocterrest Vectra. While this plant was not found in Southeast Asia, it was picked up in Jamaica and was brought there by Castleton Garden but it is a tropical plant and it grows well here in South Florida. "