Daily summer rains have arrived at last. Now I have no need to water the thousands of plants growing in pots in my garden. The dead-looking dried ferns on the trunk and branches of the live oak trees ...

The native resurrection fern (Polypodium polypodioides) commonly grows on old live oaks. It's an epiphyte that lives on the branches and trunks of trees, especially live oaks. They do not harm the ...

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” wrote 19th century philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. What he was saying, in a highbrow and antiquated way, was not to do the same ...

August is the time of year when gardeners are weary of trudging out in the heat to drag hoses and sprinklers to keep struggling plants alive. Jerry, my fellow Master Gardener, and I have been caring ...

The month of May usually provides dry comfortable temperatures before the summer heat and humidity settles in. A local plant has adapted and excelled to prolonged dry periods and even drought ...

Resurrection fern, an epiphytic species that grows throughout Florida, has fascinated gardeners and hikers for centuries. This fern is typically found on the deeply corrugated bark of Southern live ...

Resurrection ferns live in the tops of Lowcountry trees and have traveled to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery. Special to the Island Packet/ The Beaufort Gazette Plants usually die when they ...

Some years ago now, a friend was talking about the loss of her mother. She had cared for her during the long years of her decline and had grown comfortable in her role as a care provider. While far ...

The Resurrection fern is a primitive plant and fits somewhere in between the mosses and ferns in the hierarchy of plant evolution. Its ancestors can be traced back at least 400 million years when they ...

Tadpole shrimp eggs can remain dormant for years, then burst into life when elusive desert rains arrive. Photo by Flickr user theloushe As Easter draws near, we begin to notice signs of nature’s very ...

Draw whatever conclusion you will, but I couldn’t help thinking of the term “resurrection” as I prepared to pen a garden story for the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I thought of the darkness ...