Attracting butterflies to your yard and garden is a great goal—these pretty pollinators not only look lovely, but help provide some support to bees and hummingbirds in pollinating your plants. Here, ...

When we think about butterfly host plants, milkweed probably comes to mind. That’s because the monarch butterfly relies on this plant to complete its life cycle. Just like human babies need very ...

Georgia Parkinson Hill is a horticulturist, garden designer, and owner of the native landscape design firm Beautyberry Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia. Why Are Butterfly Bushes Bad? In addition to ...

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

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Many of us know about the unique relationship between monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and milkweed. The milkweed is the larval host plant for the caterpillar stage. Many Marin gardeners have ...

Insects and the plants they depend on are migrating in response to climate change, but not always in the same way.

Fragrance is one of the best ways to draw butterflies to your garden, making it an essential part of choosing the best plants to include in a butterfly garden. Butterflies rely on scent, color, and ...

Butterflies aren’t just beautiful — they’re out there working hard, pollinating as they flit from flower to flower. In fact, butterflies are the second-largest group of pollinators, after bees.

Butterfly bushes do attract pollinators but they also have some big drawbacks. We all love to see butterflies flitting about in our gardens, and that’s why for years the butterfly bush (Buddleia ...