Question
I recently purchased two large, beautiful Boston Ferns that I have hung under the eaves of my NE facing balcony. They get some morning sun. Are they appropriate for outdoors?
Pat
Newark
Answer
Your Boston ferns will actually be happier outside than in. Outside, they receive better light, and better humidity so they tend to be greener and lose less leaflets than their indoor counterparts. My mom used to keep one fern inside and one outside and rotate them as the indoor one started looking drab. Hanging ferns inside get watered almost too carefully (no one wants the water on the foliage dripping to the floor). If kept outdoors, they will need to be protected from freezing temperatures.
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