Every butterfly gardener delights when showy swallowtail butterflies make an appearance. These butterflies are some of the largest in the garden, and their colorful wings and soaring flight patterns ...

Dale Skaggs plants a native azalea and Joellen Dimond plants a butterfly garden. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Dixon Gallery & Gardens Head of Horticulture Dale Skaggs ...

A blue-purple member of the Plectranthus genus grows out in nature. - Sky Sailom Sangdad/Shutterstock Butterflies are more than just sets of pretty patterned wings and an easy at-home science project ...

For decades, native plants were relegated to the "weed" section of many American gardeners' minds. Most nurseries didn't stock them. But that's slowly changing. Native plants provide food and shelter ...

If you've always wanted to curate your own monarch butterfly garden but have been unsure of where to start or how to snag supplies without breaking the bank, we've got some good news for you. You ...

A new study found that two particular types of goldenrod are the best varieties of this powerhouse pollinator-attracting ...

Diversifying your garden doesn't just make it more beautiful, it can make it healthier too. But you don't want to introduce ...

As The Farm residential development progresses in Poway, features including a trail, native plant garden and flower field are beginning to take shape along with the 160 new homes. Early in 2024, ...

The American lawn has long been characterized with neatly trimmed grass, green as can be. Countless Saturdays have been spent mowing the lawn, whacking weeds and manicuring yards to perfection.

Craig Huegel smiled like a proud father as he gazed at a little black Atala butterfly, no bigger than a moth, clambering on a daisy-like wildflower called a Spanish needle, and sucking nectar from its ...