Thank you @gavvet for such a well structured post, really linking Ferns and dinosaurs. Ferns are some of the oldest plants on the planet, dating to the Mesozoic era when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. They were here millions of years before flowering plants.
That is a testimony to how sturdy ferns really are. And unlike the rest of us, some plant biologists believes that ferns are some of the easiest plants to grow.
You can surely guess them a try.