A diverse butterfly garden offers many benefits, but creating one where the winged insects will return takes diligent work.

Choosing the easiest perennials to grow will ensure your outside space is full of colorful flowers that return each year, ...

This is a stunning plant for hanging baskets, window boxes, containers or in a rock garden; it attracts bees and other ...

Federal protection for monarch butterflies could help or harm this iconic species, depending on how it's carried out ...

Photo Credit: Wackybadger / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 There are a lot of reasons to plant Asclepias tuberosa. One of them is to help preserve the official state butterfly, the monarch. The ...

In the US, monarchs need places to reproduce and feed. However, herbicide use is decreasing the availability of their primary food source, the milkweed plant (Asclepias). Climate change threatens to ...

Arizona is home to unique and rare creatures including jaguars, ocelots and condors. However, 48 species are endangered or ...

December is the coldest month of the year in our area, but there are a few activities that will get you out in the garden ...