Butterflies are important pollinators and look beautiful fluttering around your yard. These blue fast-growing flowers are ...

Did you know that nearly 20% of butterfly species worldwide are currently at risk of extinction As pollinators, butterflies ...

Planting a wide range of nectar and host plants is the best strategy for attracting the largest number of butterfly species. Butterflies may be attracted to the garden by a large patch of bright ...

Looking for summer flowers that attract butterflies? Add these plants and watch butterflies flock to your yard.

Why Every Garden Needs a Butterfly Puddler—And How to Make Yours originally appeared on Dengarden.

It takes more than flower nectar to attract butterflies to your garden. Learn the truth about common butterfly host plant myths.

The key to encouraging butterflies to feed on your homemade nectar is to place it close to scented flowers, as butterflies will find the food by scent rather than sight. Placing the butterfly nectar ...

THERE’S trouble in paradise. Recent butterfly numbers in our gardens have been so low that experts are really worried.

The monarch butterfly is most renowned for its yearly odyssey. Some will travel up to 3,000 miles during their two-way winter ...

Such plants are generally less showy than nectar plants. A mass of milkweed near our home attracts the monarch. Oaks host the gray hairstreak; wild cherry, Edward's hairstreak and red-spotted purple.

The green chrysalis patiently hanging underneath an old farm picnic table started turning translucent. Any moment now, the bright monarch inside would emerge, dry its wings and start seeking out ne… ...