Attracting butterflies to your yard, window box, or garden is a plus not only for their beauty but their pollinating skills. Here are a dozen plants they love.

For your garden to blossom with your fluttering butterfly friends, you will need both nectar plants and host plants. Here are a couple of plant ideas to get your butterfly brain flowing: Milkweed ...

When looking to attract butterflies and other pollinators, consider this bright yellow flowering vine. But be aware there are ...

Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and ...

Conventional wisdom is that if you cultivate host plants, butterflies will come. Take, for example, milkweed. After declining monarch populations began making headlines in the late 1990s, people ...

Create a pollinator paradise: Tips for planting a butterfly-friendly garden this spring The plants you choose and their location in your yard can make all the difference in creating a successful ...

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 ...

Nurseries and garden centers are filled with plants waiting for a permanent home. When you are selecting all the “must-haves” for this year, why not think not only about color and size, but ...

Kids from Girls Inc., Precious Jewels Academy Learning Centers, and Star Lab had the chance to get their hands dirty as they ...

Mary Ann’s dedication and the scientific efforts at Disney illustrate how community action and innovation can unite to protect monarchs.

Hallberg Butterfly Gardens Plant Sale. When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., April 26 and 27. Where: 8687 Oak Grove Ave. Sebastopol. More nformation: Book an appointment to the sale and for a list of plants: 707 ...