Ferns are stunning foliage plants known for their elegant fronds and a wide range of colors. They are also super useful for various garden needs, whether it's to add life to corner spaces or to create a privacy screen around your garden.
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These evergreen, non-flowering shrubs are among most popular houseplants in the world, and rightfully so!
This blog will tell you about how to grow and care for ferns indoors, and 10 different ways to decorate them in your garden. So, let's get into it!
• Caring for Fern Plants Indoor
While caring for a Fern plant needs you know its basics thoroughly, once you've got it right, it's smooth sailing! However, it is crucial to obtain the right know-how and understand the individual needs of the plant.
So, here's you need to know about growing fern house plants in your home garden:
These decorative, ornamental plants look best when planted in the following ways:
| 1. Indirect, bright light |
When finding the right place for a fern plant, remember that it doe not do well with direct sunlight exposure. So, place your ferns near windows where they can get filtered sunlight, but avoid direct sunlight, as it can scorch their delicate fronds. |
| 2. High Humidity |
The fronds of all fern house plants need to be kept in consistently humid environments that will allow them to retain their moisture and ensure optimal growth. So, ensure that you are misting your plants consistently and every day. if you're unable to mist them, place a humidity tray or a humidifier close to them to ensure their needs are met. |
| 3. Watering |
Most fern house plants need to be watered once a week. So, check the moisture levels of your potted plant's soil and then water as needed. Remember that the soil must never go completely dry. If you're unsure about when to water the plant, use Ugaoo's Sustee Watermeter - an indicative device that will tell you exactly when your plant gets thirsty. |
| 4. Cool Temperatures |
Remember that if you're looking to keep your shade loving ferns happy, give them shaded environments and cooler temperatures. Generally, they prefer temperatures between 15-24°C. |
• Planting Ferns Indoors: 10 Ways To Decorate with Ferns
Now that you're better equipped with some basic knowledge about how to care for fern plants indoors, let's look at how you can adorn your homes with them.
Here are 10 ways that work well for all fern types:
1. Indoor Pots and Planters
Fern plants indoor are known to grow very well in different sized pots and planters. Whether you've got a preference for earthen and terracotta pots or metal and ceramic planters, ferns can thrive in them all with the right care!
Just find them the right spot in your home and watch them flourish.
2. Hanging Baskets
Ferns are absolutely perfect for hanging planters as their fronds create the most wonderful, delicate displays that add an elegant flair to simple home gardens.
Whether placing them indoors or in shaded areas outdoors, your ferns can effortlessly thrive as hanging plants everywhere!
3. Window Boxes
Looking for the perfect filler plants for those empty corners near windows? Then ferns are just what you need!
These wonderful stunners are known for their ability to bring life to just about any space and placing them in small containers near windows will allow you to perfectly harness their ability to do so.
4. Terrariums
Small/ mini ferns look absolutely mesmerizing in terrariums and bottle gardens. They do well with the constant moisture in terrarium environments and grow gracefully when given the chance.
Button ferns and Boston compacta ferns are perfect for such settings.
5. Dish Garden
The more shallow-rooted ferns can be quickly grown rather in flat containers to make miniature gardens and tray landscapes. This will allow you to create versatile arrangements in different parts of your home, thus creating layers and parts of your home that will be more enticing than the rest.
6. Flower Arrangements
Fern leaves are popularly used in preparing various flower arrangements like wedding bouquets, button holes, vase & table decoration. This is because their delicate fronds look perfect between all kinds of flower arrangements and add a magnificent charm to every look.
7. Ground Cover
In outdoor landscaping, ferns are used as groundcover plants under tree shades. Fast growing ferns make for great groundcovers as they spread out rapidly and can make for the most wonderful low-lying additions to all outdoor gardens, instantly adding a fuller look.
8. Rock Gardens
Ferns make excellent filler plants in rock gardens. Ferns work wonderfully in rock gardens due to their lush, feathery foliage, which contrasts beautifully with rugged stones.
Their ability to thrive in shady, cool environments makes them ideal for filling gaps between rocks. Ferns' moisture-loving nature complements the typically well-draining soil of rock gardens, creating a balanced, serene landscape.
9. Green Walls
Ferns are very suitable plants for indoor green walls, bio-walls, and vertical gardens. Ferns are excellent for green walls due to their ability to thrive in vertical spaces with minimal soil.
Their dense, cascading fronds create a lush, textured appearance, adding depth to the wall.
10. Fern Gardens
Almost an entire landscape garden can be developed with just fern plants alone. Such a garden is generally required to be moist and evergreen, giving the ambiance of a rainforest floor.
So, how will you be growing ferns in your home garden this time?
Happy Gardening!
