Nurseries and garden centers are filled with plants waiting for a permanent home. When you are selecting all the “must-haves” for this year, in addition to thinking about color and size, why not also ...

Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds to your garden. The fragrant perennial shrub has a tubular flower that is perfectly suited to the birds' beaks. Fenkep Now that the last cold snap of winter ...

Is it a hummingbird? Is it a butterfly? Lubbock A-J reader P.W. of Lubbock wondered about a strange creature hovering in flight around flowering Ajuga and thought perhaps it was some kind of ...

Nurseries and garden centers are filled with plants waiting for a permanent home. When you are selecting all the “must-haves” for this year, why not think not only about color and size, but also about ...

Do you ever sit on your patio and wonder why all the butterflies seem to be in your neighbor’s garden? Or why your hummingbird feeder doesn’t need re-filling as often as your friend’s feeder? The ...

Spotting a colorful critter in your garden is such a delight, and you might assume that you have to work hard to attract their attention. But many low-maintenance plants attract both hummingbirds and ...

If not, you may want to add some plants that will attract and support these pollinators and others throughout the season. Adding pollinator plants will benefit the plants in your vegetable garden, ...

As I write this, I am on Day 211 of hummingbirds feeding at The Garden Guy’s house, marking the longest date on the calendar that I have had them, until hopefully tomorrow and the day after. I don’t ...

The summer solstice is June 21, the longest day of the year and the official beginning of summer. What better time to take note of the butterflies, hummingbirds and other jewels of nature that often ...

A ruby-throated hummingbird visiting a hummingbird feeder. Brave monarch butterflies and hummingbirds' northern migration is well underway, much to the delight of Pennsylvanian birdwatchers and ...

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens will celebrate the return of butterflies and welcome hummingbirds to the 2,500-square-foot Winged Wonders pavilion later this month. The pavilion allows guests to get ...

The birds are back. At least, that’s the plan. On Aug. 21, the Wade Bourne Nature Center in Rotary Park will host the fourth annual Hummingbird and Butterfly Festival. The event is free. This ...