A mere win is pretty good. A win-win situation is even better, but a win-win-win resulting from gorgeous flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies (and, usually, bees) seems just plain greedy.
When your flower garden attracts hummingbirds and butterflies, the beauty of the garden multiplies. With "flying flowers" like monarchs, swallowtails, calliopes, and ruby-throats flitting around ...
Lantana’s exuberant flowers—the individual blooms are tiny, but burst forth in tight clusters—attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Lantana’s exuberant flowers—the individual blooms are ...
Even small gardens in built-up areas can support a great variety of butterflies if they contain the right plants. In the heart of London, the Museum's Wildlife Garden has recorded 23 species of ...
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.
Filling your garden with fluttering insects will make your flowerbeds beautiful and support biodiversity at the same time. Museum ecologist Larissa Cooper explains how to do it. Butterflies are a ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Andrew Wight is a science journalist covering the Global South Colombian researcher Mónica Ramírez Burbano turned a fascination with ...
However, only one thing was missing — the butterflies ... We wouldn’t have all the pretty flowers we love. We want to get people thinking about bees, hummingbirds, moths, all of our ...