Butterflies get their energy from nectar. Some species feed on ... who lost all of the parsley in her garden one season to black swallowtail caterpillars. “The plants often recover from the ...

Provide lots of nectar Butterflies get their energy from nectar ... who lost all of the parsley in her garden one season to black swallowtail caterpillars. “The plants often recover from the damage ...

Attract the elegant zebra swallowtail butterfly to your yard by growing nectar plants. Also discover the host plant for the ...

The first monarch butterfly of 2025 arrived about 10 days early, highlighting shifting migration patterns and the impact of ...

Black swallowtail ... to beautiful butterflies or to give some of our own food. I avoid the dilemma by growing another carrot-family crop — celery. I’ve often moved colorful swallowtail caterpillars ...

Companion planting is a mutually beneficial placement of compatible plants and natural pest management — the keys to complete ...

Monarch butterfly have arrived in Oklahoma – the first stop for the famous orange and black beauty migrating from Mexico, where they lay their eggs on the bottom of milkweed leaves. The monarch is the ...

Many of the first signs of springtime are subtle. There are little shifts in the breeze as the sun begins to feel a bit warmer and remains in the sky a little bit longer each day. Birdsong increases ...

The right plants add beauty and fragance to landscapes and give back to the environment by providing larval food and nectar for butterflies ... birdsong and butterflies. Black torch (Erithralis ...

As we are thinking about and getting ready for our summer vegetable garden, consider planting ... Fennel plays host to black swallowtail butterflies, so you’ll get the benefit of fennel for ...