Watching butterflies flit around the yard is one of life’s simple pleasures. Butterflies are not only calming to watch, but they play an important role in the health of backyard plants. Most plants ...

Butterflies are colorful, delicate, and graceful creatures that bring beauty to the world. They are also exciting to watch as they grow from one stage of their life to the next, including the stages ...

Encourage bees, butterflies and insects into your yard this spring and summer by planting flowers that attract pollinators. Apart from watching the wildlife at work, you’ll play a vital role in ...

SAN ANTONIO – We are in peak butterfly season for residential and migrating butterflies. If you want to see butterflies of all kinds in your garden, you have to plant for them. I love the fall because ...

If you have harvested milkweed seeds from existing plants, the typical perennial varieties that need cold stratification ...

Spring has just begun, and if you have a green thumb, you might be looking forward to your yearly gardening activities. As temperatures get warmer and the skies get sunnier, many critters will be out ...

Question: Each year I add more plants to our garden to attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. This year I would like to add plants for other types of pollinators. What are species in Sonoma ...

Incorporating pollinator plants in your landscape could make you the bee’s knees. More than 80% of the world’s flowering plants need insects such as bees to spread pollen and help the plants produce ...

Both pretty and key pollinators, butterflies are welcome guests in your garden. These native plants compiled by American Home Shield can attract them. - juk atrasat // Shutterstock Both pretty and key ...

A butterfly on a pink-and-yellow flower. Cultivating a flower garden that serves as a serene landscape while supporting a healthy ecosystem requires the right plants, care, and—perhaps most ...