Deer-resistant and shade-loving ... will readily grow roots from a leaf cutting. Ferns, however, will not. There are a few fern species, though, that can grow plantlets from a stipe (the stem ...

Hard-fern (Struthiopteris spicant, or Blechnum spicant), a-barren leaf, b+c-fruit-bearing leaf. Chromolithograph, published in 1895. Geometric seamless Scandinavian pattern. A deer and a Christmas ...