As you prepare your garden for winter, you might want to start planning for the year ahead with plants that we predict will ...

Planting milkweed is one of the best ways to help monarch butterflies. This plant is the only food source for monarch ...

As leaves mature, they take on the sea green color of the ordinary, non-variegated versions of these species. Moving on to ...

Although the plants are small for now, a new garden outside Emily Fowler Central Library is expected to grow into a haven for monarch butterflies.

Volunteers plant hundreds of milkweed plants in hopes of supporting the dwindling Western monarch population in California.

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

Turn your backyard garden into a beautiful butterfly paradise. Grow swallowtail butterfly host plants and flowers.

Wayne Johnstone of Blythedale Beach is a keen observer of butterflies, particularly those on the North Coast. In this first ...

By Liah Continentino If you’ve ever strolled through a hammock trail, spotted an Atala butterfly munching on coontie or admired a gumbo limbo shining in the sun, you’ve witnessed something truly ...

Are these outdoor autumn tasks on your gardening to-do list? They should be. The time to prep your garden for spring is ...

If you’re wondering “why should I garden for moths?” hopefully you’ll see by reading this article that moths will not only enhance pollination of your garden plants, but may also bring songbirds to ...

The monarch butterfly, known for its bright orange patterned wings, is in the middle of its migration from the northern U.S. to Mexico. Once the migration is complete, the species will not be seen in ...