Figuring out the best plants for a butterfly garden is more than merely a desirable way to add charm, color and diversity to the plot. These days, keeping our gardens filled with butterflies should be ...

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

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

If you’ve thought about gardening for butterflies then make this the year you include the scarlet milkweed in your flower border. It is a virtual butterfly factory. This tropical is related to native ...

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

There are about 750 butterfly species in the United States, according to the Smithsonian Institution, with the cabbage white perhaps the most common. Butterfly sightings in gardens are becoming more ...

Gardeners, it’s hot outside, so schedule gardening chores early in the morning or late in the evening, drink plenty of water and keep a sweat towel handy…enough said! A quick few words if you planted ...

Have you ever walked through a local botanical garden and longingly wished you could have your own butterfly garden at home? As it turns out, it’s not too difficult to reimagine a butterfly haven in ...

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 ...

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

Westmoreland Pollinator Partners is offering a passport for a tour of pollinator-friendly gardens across Westmoreland County. Anyone visiting at least six of the 21 featured... Butterflies aren’t just ...