Spring is the best time to prune butterfly bushes. Pruning in the late fall or winter leaves them susceptible to frost damage. Wait until the spring to do a hard prune (pruning it back to one foot ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed. A monarch butterfly gliding over a field on ...

The people who are working to turn around the decline of the monarch butterfly wish you did. The monarch population has declined dramatically in recent years. This winter, the number of monarch ...

Habitat loss for this iconic black and orange butterfly, especially along its migratory routes, is devastating monarch populations. Help a winged friend out by planting milkweed. Just a few months ago ...

Q: Milkweed bugs are killing my butterfly milkweed plants and as a result leaving nothing for my monarch caterpillars to eat. How do I get rid of them? Ann Browne A: In the wild, milkweed bugs (right) ...