Dividing plants also prevents overcrowding, controls plant growth in your garden, and helps keep the plants healthy. The ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

A recent study showed butterfly populations decreased by 22 percent since 2000. Find out what flowers you can plant to ...

The ground is soft and wet, the official start of spring has passed and planting native species can bring beauty as well as ...

Poppies are often short-lived perennial plants but can grow to over a meter tall with flowers up to 15 centimetres across.

Monarch butterfly populations are plummeting, with a shocking 96% drop recorded in the Western Monarch Count. Scientists warn ...

See what a pearl crescent butterfly and caterpillar looks like, and learn which flowers will attract them to your garden.

Gardening experts recommend avoiding certain plants that are worse hay fever triggers than others. Some plants are often ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

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 ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by . Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog.