Native shrubs offer many benefits to the home landscape. Their value to wildlife and general ease of care are becoming better ...

Hoverflies can carry pollen over greater distances than bees and pollinate many plants that grow in your garden or yard. Look ...

With bright red and yellow signage, sugar-rich liquid, and no petals to navigate, they are the perfect feeding stop for bees.

Which Flowers Truly Attract Bees and Hoverflies? An international research team has now found the answer—with surprising ...

The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves says they’ve already found hundreds of wild bee species midway through a multi-year project to inventory and protect the pollinators native to the state.

Indigenous people have utilized elderberry for centuries – harvesting berries for nutrition, utilizing hollow stems for tools ...

You can also consider plants which act as pest deterrents. Lavender is great at deterring aphids and flea beetles. The strong ...

Bees hum through purple salvia. Butterflies flutter over milkweed. Hummingbirds sip from clematis climbing old chairs. What used to be a simple lawn is now a buzzing haven for pollinators — created by ...

Since you want to add more edibles to your landscape, this would be a good addition, although it might not be easy to find.

Other bee-like insects also nest in the ground including hornets and yellow jackets. It's important to correctly identify which type is burrowing into your garden so you can manage them in the ...

Master gardener Sally Scalera shares the dirt on which fragrant plants are native, important because they attract and support ...

Want to spend more time enjoying your garden and less time maintaining it? Discover low-maintenance shrubs and perennials ...