Returned to Kimberly Queen Fern after a difficult first attempt

My first attempt at Kimberly Queen Fern failed — frond browning and crisp tips in dry air got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again.

The second attempt, with proper attention to removing dead fronds cleanly at the base in spring, has been completely different. It's now thriving in a hanging basket in a cool bathroom and dramatic unfurling fiddle-head growth in spring is on full display. full lush canopy through summer this year was a genuine reward for starting again. If you failed first time, the plant isn't the problem — the conditions probably were.