Planting milkweed is one of the best ways to help monarch butterflies. This plant is the only food source for monarch ...

For a while, entomologists have been sharing their increasing concerns that the eastern population of the monarch butterfly is decreasing and this year’s statistics so far are no different. “The ...

I want to start a butterfly garden. How do I begin? This was a recent question for the Master Gardener Volunteer Yard Review Team. Normally, the yard review covers the nine Florida-Friendly ...

Butterfly gardens can bring so much life to your yard. Not only do they attract these delicate pollinators, but they also support local ecosystems, providing nectar and pollen-rich plants for bees, ...

As delightful as it can be to grow a colorful flower garden just for yourself, creating one that butterflies, and other pollinators enjoy can be even better. Unfortunately, purchasing plants to fill a ...

As summer nears its end, gardeners longing to fill their flowerbeds with the flutter of butterflies, bees and hummingbirds must quickly design a space for the preferred plants of the insects and birds ...

Butterfly puddlers are a great way to provide these beauties with an invaluable source of water and nutrients during the heat of summer, and are also a great help for them all year round. Puddlers can ...

The beautiful colors in our gardens don’t have to all come from flowers. Texas butterflies bring in color on the wing. Everyone can enjoy a butterfly garden this summer if they understand several ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: Few sights are more delightful than that of colourful butterflies dancing in the breeze on a fine Saturday morning. Yet such sights have become increasingly rare in our gardens today.

Have you visited Frances Slocum lately? Well, it’sa too late for this year, but if you’re there next summer, look for the butterfly garden. Sheryl Klus and Jillian Layaou (pictured here), seniors at ...