Native plants have evolved in symbiotic relationships with local wildlife. Plants offer nourishment and shelter in exchange ...

A little gardening effort this January will pay off tenfold when the warmer weather ...

The monarch butterflies are still cruising around Central Texas, but I suspect almost all will be gone by the end of the month on the way to the Mexican wintering grounds. In the meantime, in my area, ...

Fragrance is one of the best ways to draw butterflies to your garden, making it an essential part of choosing the best plants to include in a butterfly garden. Butterflies rely on scent, color, and ...

The idiom “watching the grass grow” means doing something that’s tedious or boring, but for this month’s Readers Photo Challenge, “plants,” observing growing things resulted in some pretty exciting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hummingbird sips from feeder - Beata Whitehead/Getty Images Love to see hummingbirds in your garden or yard? You can grow a native ...

A statewide campaign is underway to change Indiana's state flower from the non-native peony to the native butterfly milkweed. Proponents argue the state flower should be native to Indiana and that the ...

As their name suggests, many milkweed species produce a milky-white substance that can be seen if their stem is broken. Milkweed flowers are often fragrant and produce nectar for a wide array of ...

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) grows well in dry climates, withstanding periods of drought and heat. Plus, it is a ladybug magnet. "Ladybugs generally prefer to feed on nectar and pollen from plants ...

4. Flowers: Flowers: Angelonia, begonia, black-eyed Susan vine, blue daze, butterfly weed, bush daisy, cat’s whiskers, chrysanthemums, coleus, coreopsis, crossandra ...

Every spring I make a list of the plants that hummingbirds visited the most the year before, and then my search at garden centers and nurseries begins in earnest. The plants I look for are the ones ...

Butterfly weed, another milkweed, is a native plant that is not incredibly common in fields. However, you may stumble across this bright orange flower that butterflies frequently visit. This native ...