Want to attract more butterflies to your shade garden? Start with our expert's list of the best shade plants for butterflies.

Enhance your garden's charm with these 11 butterfly plants. These flowers for butterflies not only showcase nature's beauty ...

You can still plant beautiful perennials in your garden, even in the July heat. However, if you plan to do so, it's important ...

Q. I have a few large butterfly bushes in my garden and they do look fantastic when in flower, but they can all get a bit messy afterward. Is it better to go out and deadhead to keep it neat, or will ...

A variety of nectar-rich plants provide essential food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.

Help pollinators by growing native plants instead of invasive butterfly bush Butterfly bush is invasive and can harm local ecosystems. Native plants support the full lifecycle of pollinators better ...

Georgia Parkinson Hill is a horticulturist, garden designer, and owner of the native landscape design firm Beautyberry Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia. Why Are Butterfly Bushes Bad? In addition to ...

* What it is: Just about everyone short of discerning horticulturists thinks the chaste tree is a butterfly bush when they see one blooming this time of year. It’s easy to understand because chaste ...

Insect populations have been in decline the last 20 years, so if you want to do your part to help them this is what you need ...

Q: I really want a butterfly bush but have read that they are invasive. What are your thoughts? Ruthanne DeRaimo, Coweta County A: Just because it is called butterfly bush does not mean it is the best ...

One of the fastest-growing flowering shrubs, a butterfly bush can easily put on 5 feet or more of new growth in a single season. Learning how and when to prune a butterfly bush can help you keep all ...