Costa Farms Shares Simple Tips For Decorating Patios, Porches, and Yards with Lush Ferns

Miami, FL (PRWEB) July 24, 2013

All summer porches, patios and balconies are just a plant away from the classic, fresh touch theyve been craving. Ferns lacey, exuberant leaves demand attention in any space, and best of all, ferns are one of the easiest houseplants to care foryear-round.

According to Costa Farms, one of the largest growers of plants and flowers in North America, these versatile plants offer shade while sustaining their good looks all summer long, despite the sweltering heat. Ferns drastically improve ambiance when hanging on a porch, combined with pots of colorful annuals, or displayed in classic wire plant stands.

Ferns are the perfect accessory for the home and garden. Ferns leaves add texture, a pop of color, and clean the inside air at the same time, shares Justin Hancock, Costa Farms new Consumer Marketing and Digital Specialist and former garden editor at Better Homes and Garden.

Hancock divulges 11 simple secrets to incorporate the ever-green and ever-classic fern into any outdoor living space.

Mix Containers Ferns make a classic pairing with exuberantly colorful pots and flower-packed window boxes. Pop a large Boston fern into a tall container to add green lushness to a porch or entryway.

Go Classic Upright, elegant Kimberly queen fern makes an ideal container companion for a traditional-style seating area. Elegant, timeless patio seating is simple: grey all-weather woven-wicker chairs with white cushions, a wire chandelier, white finials, and a green fern. Its so simple and so classic!

Top a Table Make an instant impact by simply placing a pretty vintage tablecloth on a small table and topping it with a Boston fern. Ferns lush leaves add visual coolness to summer porches.

Add Height Ferns provide gorgeous backup color to a pair of vintage white concrete planters. An elegant Boston fern, set into an antique wire stand, adds height and texture where needed.

Adorn a Bench How easy is this? Just set a fantastic Boston fern on a stone bench in a woodland garden for instant ambience. This fern thrives under the dappled light from nearby trees.

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Costa Farms Shares Simple Tips For Decorating Patios, Porches, and Yards with Lush Ferns