How to Cut Back Ferns 

Thank you!

Glad you got something out of it Linda. For indoor more delicate ferns, you can cut them back as well but they might not have the built up base that some like a sword fern (like in the video) have so go a little easy on them.

We still need to give that a try! ;)

You are so welcome!

Glad it was helpful!

How cool is that? Small world! :)

That's because it really isn't a good idea to prune a fern while it is growing - the structure of the plant fronds just does not work well for trimming like that as you can imagine. I'd suggest relocating those beautiful ferns to an area that has the space for them to flourish - glad you have some outstanding ferns. You can always clip the dead ones out individually by angling pruning shears in them too.

Only if it dont rain

Hi Karl, the reason we don't edit the video months after we made it is because the ferns you see me cut are the "after pics" from the year prior. Good luck on your ferns, you can even cut them back now if you like but you've still got time. If you wait too long and see young fiddleheads popping up, just carefully cut around them.

No idea who said that.

They are called Western Sword Fern aka Polystichum Munitum which are native the the United States upper west coast region. Polystichum Vestitum is not native to this part (Seattle) of the world.