Besides its ecological importance, milkweed’s clusters of pink, orange, or white flowers add a striking visual appeal to your garden. Coneflowers (Echinacea spp.) are a staple in butterfly ...

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

Recommended Varieties: Lance-leaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) is an easy-to-grow variety that’s native to most of the ...

You’ll enjoy the fragrant reddish-pink flowers and the butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds that visit the flowers. It’s hardy in zones three to nine plus red milkweed grows three to five feet tall in ...