Could anyone recommend a fern to grow in the home? A friend had given me a fern many years ago. It was not a boston fern. This fern grew long fronds and existed in a bathroom with little attention. It lasted for several years and then, to my dismay, it expired. It had really long fronds and these did not make a mess like a boston fern kept inside does. The friend never knew the name of the fern as it came as a gift from her mother. I would very much like to acquire another plant by growing from seed if I knew what seeds to order.

P.S. It must have long fronds.

Get Staghorn fern

I dug up and planted some southern sword ferns from a boggy area, and planted them in a much dryer area, they multiply so fast that I am constantly pulling many of them like weeds. The ones I dug were southern sword ferns, it was only later I discovered it was an invasive species. So something to keep in mind when looking for ferns.

Asplenium dimorphum 'parvati' , Blechnum Silver Lady ( both have medium length fronds ), Phlebodium aureum Blue Star (comes indoors in winter)

Was it possibly a birds nest fern or holly fern?

BTW, growing a fern from "seed" would be incredibly difficult. They don't produce seed just a lot of dust like spores.

'Macho' fern is a type of Boston fern that gets very long fronds. It does shed some.