It's just common sense—the more butterfly flowers you have in your garden, the more butterflies you'll see. If you have a ...

When To Cut Back Perennials In the crunch of fall chores and yard cleanup, you’ll have to carve out some time to tend to your ...

You have probably seen this one’s bright butter-yellow flowers, the plants commonly very abundant in old agricultural fields ...

Until a few years ago, the butterfly known as the southern small white could barely be found north of the Alps. That was ...

The right tools, timing, and procedure for late summer pruning can result in healthier, shapelier plants that produce more ...

The cooler weather of September and October causes renewed root growth and, in some cases, top growth. Both better enable perennials to survive the ensuing winter. Don't wait too long, however, since ...

This is an action shot of what used to be coyly described as “the birds and the bees”. These are mating white-tailed ...

More and more gardeners are adding native plants to their landscapes. These plants provide more than beautiful flowers for us ...

A New Zealand enthusiast spent half a century amassing one of the world's largest private butterfly collections. As death ...

Until recently, the southern small white - which is mainly native to Mediterranean areas - had small, isolated populations in ...

Ryland James, the writer is AFP's New Zealand and South Pacific correspondentA New Zealand enthusiast spent half a century ...

Grist reports on how, as global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical ...