Also a host plant for several insects, including moths and butterflies ... this truly ornamental grass looks like it's straight out of a fairytale. Purple millet (Pennisetum glaucum), also ...

Nectar plants give butterfly gardens a powerful boost. But they’re not the only key to drawing pretty pollinators to your ...

Letting some part of a yard go unmown can boost the number of butterflies and moths sighted there, says ecologist Richard Fox. That long-grass patch may be as elaborate as an all-native meadow ...

“It’s not all one thing,” Carpenter-Driscoll says as he squats on his lawn dotted with wood sorrel and purple ... support bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Mowing grass too short ...

Did you know if you decide to grow your grass this May (or at any point during this spring and summer), there are some hidden butterflies and moths you might find? No Mow May has arrived and with ...

Nectar plants and native grasses used to flourish in the ... toward planting at least 30,000 of these bright purple flowers and restoring the butterfly population over the next four years, she ...

Letting parts of your garden go wild with long grass boosts butterflies – particularly in towns and intensively farmed areas, a study has found. Research from wildlife charity Butterfly ...

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It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Letting parts of your garden go wild with long grass boosts butterflies – particularly in towns and intensively farmed areas, a study has ...