San Antonio classes teach gardeners to grow native milkweed, supporting monarch butterfly migration and population health.

The lawn between the sidewalk and road, called a hellstrip due to its seemingly inhospitable growing environment, can be ...

Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the ...

Not all bugs are bad. In fact, some can benefit your garden. So don't be so quick to try to get rid of every insect you see crawling on your plants. Some are not pests. Many are actually hardworking ...

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 ...

The monarch butterfly migration is one of the great wonders of the natural world. Every year, millions of them travel immense distances along predetermined monarch butterfly migration routes to escape ...

Monarch butterflies are noxious to potential predators because of the cardenolide toxins lacing their bodies, courtesy of the milkweed plants they fed on as larvae. Viceroy butterflies have no such ...

If you're in need of a stable, pretty ground cover that will quickly fill in bare space in your yard or garden, consider ...

After a hard cut like this, apply Holly Tone or compost to compensate for the loss of photosynthesizing leaves. Through the ...

H. W. Ravenel, Abnormal Habit of Asclepias amplexicaulis, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 8, No. 8 (Aug., 1881), pp. 87-88 ...

Add season-long interest to your garden with colorful companion plants to blue false indigo, including the stunning prairie smoke and vibrant butterfly weed.