Turning our backyards into butterfly safe havens can involve a list of selfless gardening acts. So, it's especially nice when one of those decisions also provides us with delicious ingredients for ...

Encourage bees, butterflies and insects into your yard this spring and summer by planting flowers that attract pollinators. Apart from watching the wildlife at work, you’ll play a vital role in ...

Pollinators – like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds – are indispensable to the world as we know it. They fertilize plants, and that includes most of the plants we eat. But pollinator populations ...

Attracting butterflies to the garden through plant selection has grown in popularity, said Kansas State University horticulture instructor Cynthia Domenghini. Knowing what species of plants ...

Butterflies are everyone's favorite pollinators. Attracting them to the garden is easy: Grow flowers, and they will come. To a butterfly, your garden is not just a pretty place; it's a habitat, and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve ever dreamed of having a magical butterfly garden, you’ve likely considered pollinator-friendly ...

The Perennial Plant Association has named the butterfly milkweed as its perennial plant of the year. The native North American wildflower has pods that are smooth, apple green and slender compared to ...

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA: If you’re not familiar with the Latin names of plants, this may sound more like a spell from Harry Potter. But Asclepias tuberosa is actually well known indeed, especially by its ...

If not, you may want to add some plants that will attract and support these pollinators and others throughout the season. Adding pollinator plants will benefit the plants in your vegetable garden, ...