Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says native coneflowers are drought tolerant and deer resistant while attracting ...

Agastache is a drought-tolerant plant that grows best in full sunlight with well-drained, sandy soil. When your Agastache is ...

Nectar-rich blooms are a lifeline for butterflies. Create a summer garden for these colorful flitting pollinators by sowing ...

Along with our Spring Tree Seedling Sale, the Missaukee Conservation District is also selling native wildflowers and grasses.

April is the time to get sowing and growing for the season ahead, both in the flower garden and on the veg patch. Here's what ...

Ditch Harmful Chemicals: It’s essential to avoid pesticides and herbicides that harm butterflies and other pollinators. Opt for organic gardening methods instead, for a garden that’s better for ...

Our premium News+ ad-free experience – only $10 more every 4 weeks!

Remove faded flower heads to encourage more blooms to form. Once flowering is over, you can pull up and compost the plants, or leave them to self seed and provide food for birds such as goldfinches.

While hard to pinpoint, I love the atypical silhouette paired with that gorgeous cornflower blue ... to start in your vintage knitwear search, head to Etsy and type in “1950s appliqué vintage ...

They attract pollinators and hummingbirds, and if you leave the seed heads over the winter ... for the best results. Salvia, coneflower, and monarda are all perennial plants that may be perfect for ...