S ome ferns can be fussy to grow indoors and tend to drop fronds constantly (we’re looking at you, Boston fern!), but the ...

The bird’s nest fern, or Asplenium nidus, is native to the tropical regions of Asia, Australia, and East Africa, and it's typically found growing on the surface of trees and other plants.

Birds-nest, elkhorn and strap-leaf ferns grow in the shaded ground. Burke’s favorites are the huge platyceriums, better known as staghorns, while his wife prefers the graceful Boston fishtail ferns.

To fight the little green fern, Rhodesia has already spent nearly $3,000,000 and has little to show for it. No chemical has yet been found that will kill the weed and leave fish unharmed.