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Want to try butterfly gardening? Plant butterfly host plants to give caterpillars food and a place to grow through their ...
Thinking about planting a pollinator garden to attract butterflies? There's a weird native plant that everything from ...
Oklahoma experts say planting milkweed, native flowers and maintaining pesticide-free gardens can create vital habitats for ...
Joe Pye weed is a tall, sturdy native perennial with fluffy, mauve-pink clusters that bloom in mid-summer to early fall.
These are all unmistakable signs that the monarch butterfly’s migration through Pennsylvania has begun! Even those who aren’t ...
Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many different species and cultivars), Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to ...
She started her parkway garden, her first big native plant “experiment,” with a 4-by-4-foot bed between the sidewalk and the ...
Q: We are thinking about planting a butterfly garden but don’t know where to begin. Can you offer some suggestions? A: Butterfly gardens can be attractive to both butterflies and gardeners if a few ...
While butterflies will visit lots of different flowers, there are some that actually draw them. This can be for several reasons. Most commonly, there are some plants, such as dill, or milkweed, that ...
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 ...
May's a busy month in the garden. It's OK to take a break to make something green or learn something about plants. There are plant swaps and sales throughout the county. There are classes and events ...
On Sunday, officials and visitors celebrated the opening of the “Grandmothers Legacy of Love Butterfly Sculpture Garden” at ...