Boston ferns

Fluffy indoor greenery

Boston ferns are a popular variety of sword fern with long, arching fronds that cascade gracefully, making them a staple of hanging baskets and shaded porches.

Native to tropical regions, they thrive in humidity and indirect light.

The Boston fern on the porch needs misting in dry weather.

Related

hanging baskets · front porch · foliage · potted · Victorian parlor · humidity · perennial · evergreen · tropical flora · indirect light · spores · transpiration · propagation · stipe · fiddlehead · lush greenery · green walls · rhizome

Opposites
water and humidity requirements

Boston fernssucculents

Moisture-retaining flora

cacti · aloe vera · sedums · agave · air plants

foliage texture and form

Boston fernscacti

Spiny water-storing plants

barrel cactus · rubber plants · agave · yucca · saguaro

light requirements

Boston fernslavender

Fragrant herb, pale violet

rosemary · cacti · desert roses · agave · bougainvillea

Family

Boston, fern, ferns, Bostonian, Bostonians

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G