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 ...

Butterflies fluttering about make your outdoor living space feel extra charming. Not only is it a delight to marvel at their colorful, patterned wings as they land in your garden, but, just like bees ...

While butterflies will visit lots of different flowers, there are some that actually draw them. This can be for several reasons. Most commonly, there are some plants, such as dill, or milkweed, that ...

CHASKA, Minn. — Alan Branhagen is a butterfly expert, in addition to the operations director at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. LAURA: So Alan, when we are talking host plants for ...

Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta cayennensis) is part of the Verbenaceae family. The bright green leaves have a quilt-like ...

* What it is: Just about everyone short of discerning horticulturists thinks the chaste tree is a butterfly bush when they see one blooming this time of year. It’s easy to understand because chaste ...

Every beautiful butterfly was once a caterpillar, and caterpillars have to eat. This may surprise you, but the average ...

Nurseries and garden centers are filled with plants waiting for a permanent home. When you are selecting all the “must-haves” for this year, why not think not only about color and size, but also about ...

If someone took 75% of your food away, you wouldn't be a happy camper. But when you grow invasive butterfly bushes and other plants that provide only nectar, that's what you're doing to birds and ...

Butterfly fans, take a breath. I know it’s officially spring and we’re all pounding on nursery doors, anxious to plant some California native milkweed to help the endangered Western monarch butterfly ...

Butterfly bushes are considered invasive plants in many areas of the United States. Native plants like asters and zinnias are equally attractive to butterflies and other pollinators. If planting a ...