If you want monarch butterflies to flutter through your garden, you have to entice them with a tasty snack. And there is little tastier to butterflies than the aptly named butterfly weed ...

Creating a butterfly garden is a delightful way to bring vibrant colors and lively activity into your outdoor space. Not only do butterflies add beauty, but they also play a crucial role in ...

Butterfly gardens are a great source of enjoyment. It can be a perfect opportunity to work with children or grandchildren and ...

Author of the 2006 regional best-selling novel "Time in a Garden," Mary Agria is an 8-time first prize winner of the Michigan ...

Gardening trends seem to come and go, but the appeal of a garden that's designed around timeless beauty is, obviously, everlasting. While it's fun to follow the occasional TikTok trend, creating a ...

Bloody cranesbill is a perennial geranium that grows enthusiastically with little care, particularly once established. It can tolerate drought and doesn't need deadheading, unless you want to ...

Regardless of how heat-tolerant your perennials are, it's always a good idea to plant them in the early morning or evening during July—never during the warm afternoons. Also, make sure to water more ...

Milkweed, also known as butterfly weed, is an essential host plant, and the only host plant for monarch butterflies. “Butterflies like bright colors and tend to see things in groups,” Stansel ...

Planted in 2021, Hershey Gardens' new perennial garden has filled out with native plants, grasses and pollinator-friendly plants.

The question this Earth Day is not whether we can save the monarch butterfly − we can − but whether we will.

IN THE GARDEN: Perennial creeping phlox has stunning blooms that require minimal effort — but is dull without them April 8, 2023 at 1:31 a.m. by Janet B. Carson ...

Early March is time to start the early spring garden chores such as weeding, pruning and planting without getting ahead of yourself and suffering a setback once wintry weather returns.