Creating a butterfly-friendly garden involves selecting plants that provide essential nectar and breeding habitats. This guide will walk you through the best plants to grow to attract and nurture ...

Want to know the core plants you can grow to add beauty while helping beneficial garden friends? Discover the best ...

Luke says, 'Many traditional gardeners will want to stick with native species, but there some amazing flowers and plants from around the world that attract British butterflies that I use in my own ...

Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies Many of our prettiest insects feed on nectar, so need flowering plants for their survival. Butterflies, ...

Provide food for caterpillars and choose nectar-rich plants for butterflies and you’ll have a colourful, fluttering display in your garden for many months. While just about any flower with nectar can ...

Provide the butterflies with warmth (a sunny spot), shelter (shrubs and trees) and nectar and butterflies will start to use your garden to feed and maybe even breed.

Having perennials in your garden is always a good idea, but having summer-blooming perennials is even better. These ...

But you can also grow the plants that the caterpillars in your area like best. Here’s how to grow caterpillar food. You may already have the plants your local butterflies like most in your garden. If ...

Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies travel thousands ... gardening group about the right type to plant in your growing region (tropical milkweed, the most widely available variety, is not the ...

Whether you’re planting in your yard, on a windowsill, or in a public space, you can help create more bird-friendly habitats with native plants. Find the best plants for your area (and where to get ...

To restore balance to these delicate flagship species, and increase the number of butterflies, people are planting saplings that act as host plants, providing butterflies with spaces to rest and ...