Butterflies fluttering about make your outdoor living space feel extra charming. Not only is it a delight to marvel at their colorful, patterned wings as they land in your garden, but, just like bees ...

Learn which host plants, cover and native flowers to grow so caterpillars, chrysalises and adult butterflies thrive in your ...

If you are looking for a bright, bold garden that outshines your neighbors' yards, orange-blooming perennials are the way to go. These plants come back year after year in an explosion of color, ...

My garden is my personal paradise, and the moment I step outside I can feel my anxiety levels dropping because I’ve reconnected to earth, wind and sky. I love my flowers, but the most-spirit lifting ...

Have you ever noticed that some insects turn up in droves as soon as the growing season is under way while others are more elusive? For example, any gardener can have aphids and Japanese beetles, but ...

CHASKA, Minn. — Alan Branhagen is a butterfly expert, in addition to the operations director at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. LAURA: So Alan, when we are talking host plants for ...

Habitat loss for this iconic black and orange butterfly, especially along its migratory routes, is devastating monarch populations. Help a winged friend out by planting milkweed. Just a few months ago ...

On Thursday, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterfly to the "red list" of threatened species. Known for its orange and black wings and annual ...

If I had to sum up the Worldwide Exotics experience, I would say: “Incredible plants at incredible prices with a nursery proprietor who is rather incredible herself.” The nursery is officially open to ...

On a quiet street in Wilmette, native plants bloom in broad sweeps and bright bursts, bringing color and life to what was once an ordinary strip of lawn separating the sidewalk from the curb. The ...