Garden Gems: Dwarf butterfly bush, such as Buzz Lavender from the Buzz Series, stay relatively compact, but still offer big blooms. Ellen Zagory This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nothing thrills a gardener like the sight of butterflies flitting through the garden. The brightly colored, winged pollinators transform a mere backyard into ...

Aesthetics aren't only reason you want to attract butterflies to your garden this summer. Besides their gorgeous appearance, butterflies are an integral part of the pollination process and act as key ...

A yellow Julia butterfly sits on the leaf of a plant with other flowering plants in the background. - Png Studio Photography/Shutterstock Everyone loves a shrub full ...

Butterfly bushes (Buddleja davidii) are popular choices in Bay Area gardens, adding abundant cones of bright color during the summer and fall. Their nectar-rich flowers are favorite destinations for ...

Today's homeowners are gardening in smaller plots than their predecessors and finding it more difficult and expensive to care for massive shrub plantings that quickly outgrow their allotted space.

Q: I'm looking for a shrub no taller that 5 feet that will do well in afternoon sun, well drained sandy soil, and able to stand some drought. Some flowering would be appreciated also. I've been ...

Garden centers typically display plants by their types – trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetables, and so on. Gardeners, on the other hand, aren’t always looking for particular plants or plant types.

Everyone loves a shrub full of pretty pollinator-attracting blooms, but here's the bitter truth about the butterfly bush: it will quickly outcompete other plants in your garden. That's where newer ...