Orange butterfly lands on a purple wildflower - Chris Mcloughlin/Getty Images Few things say "healthy and thriving garden" quite like the cheerful sound of birdsong and the fleeting flashes of ...

Swallowtails were early at The Garden Guy’s house this year. Thank goodness I had Superbena verbenas in full bloom. It is as if they had been given the task of announcing the arrival of spring and the ...

A Zebra Longwing butterfly nectars on bright pink verbena flowers at the Museum of Natural History exhibit. (Courtesy photo) The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s (SBMNH) annual summer exhibit ...

I've received a lot of questions from readers lately about a lack of pollinators in their gardens. Folks not only miss seeing them, but vegetable production is down. Usually my advice is to plant as ...

Most gardeners trust lavender and coneflowers to attract bees, but I've found that pollinators in my garden are making a beeline for one unexpected bloom: verbena. The low-maintenance perennial, ...

Norman Winter is a horticulturist. He is a former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. Follow him on Facebook at Norman Winter “The Garden Guy.” See ...

In the poem “Blue-Butterfly Day,” Robert Frost describes butterflies as “…flowers that fly and all but sing.” If you want to attract as many of those flying flowers to your home as you can, you’ll ...

Want to add a bit of diversity to your yard with pretty flowers that will keep your yard buzzing with pollinators? Here's a ...

Whether my presentation is about plants or insect control, it's hard not to include two plants that all gardeners should have — white mistflower and almond verbena. No other plants attract beneficial ...

Colour has been described as a gardener’s trustiest tool and staunchest friend. So much can be achieved simply by using colour, to create a mood, make a garden feel more spacious or more intimate, and ...

WILKO is selling a £3.99 flower that will bloom even during a drought, and attracts wildlife to your garden too. With temperatures set to reach 31C again in the coming days, and a new hosepipe ban ...