The Perennial Plant Association has named butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), as its 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year. With much focus on pollinator habitat these days, butterfly milkweed is a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The best way to attract butterflies to your garden is to give them plenty of bloom. Butterflies don’t care whether your gardening style is formal or informal ...

As late-blooming shrubs and perennials are finally beginning to green up, many homeowners are just now seeing the full effects of our fiercely cold and long winter. Hydrangea and butterfly bush ...

In May, when my new, blue butterfly bush started to bloom, I realized it could be the focal point for a patriotic garden. It also was the season for patriotic sentiments with Memorial Day, Flag Day ...

If you have a sunny backyard and are thinking of a creative way to utilize the space, may I suggest a butterfly house? I once visited a butterfly house in Israel that was several thousand square feet ...

One of nicest experiences for gardeners is the observation of butterflies and moths in the garden. Years of natural gardening reward us with a wonderful array of plants that attract them until frost.

Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many different species and cultivars), Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to ...

How does this description sound for a perennial: A native plant that is deer-resistant, drought-tolerant, likes full sun, attracts butterflies, deadheading not required and low maintenance? After ...

For centuries gardeners happily planted whatever caught their fancy, never wondering whether a desirable plant might have wandering ways. After watching a pretty perennial called purple loosestrife ...

The Garden Club of America (GCA) has named Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’ Plant of the Year—which, according to its website, “is awarded annually to acknowledge the cultivation and use of ...

The Perennial Plant Association has chosen butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, as its 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year. You might wonder at the choice of a plant with “weed” in its name, but this ...