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 ...

Converting your existing garden into a hummingbird and butterfly garden, or creating a new one, is easy. To attract the greatest number and varieties of native butterflies and hummingbirds, it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

On June 24, a group of 20 volunteers planted a hummingbird and butterfly garden at a residence near the Medical Center. The garden was a project from an internet auction organized to raise funds to ...