Although they need to be replanted every year, annual flowers are a beautiful addition to the garden, offering season-long color and showy blooms that add height and texture to your landscape. However ...

Gardeners often plant milkweed with the hope of helping butterflies, but not all milkweed species have the same effect. Scientists have found that one common variety, tropical milkweed, can actually ...

New research shows climate change may push monarch butterflies farther south and make their long migration harder in the ...

For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as ...

October is an ideal time to plant cool-season flowers, herbs, and a variety of vegetables. Residents should adjust lawn watering schedules to once a week to comply with water restrictions. Gardeners ...

The monarch butterflies are still cruising around Central Texas, but I suspect almost all will be gone by the end of the month on the way to the Mexican wintering grounds. In the meantime, in my area, ...

Milkweed is famed for being an important plant for the Monarch butterfly, and it may surprise you to know that late fall is an ideal time to start perennial varieties by sowing outdoors. It does work ...

There are few people who care enough about monarch butterflies to plant milkweed for them. They are a threatened species, due mainly to loss of habitat. The most effective way to help monarchs is to ...