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Look for mining bees (Andrena) pollinating woodland wildflowers in U.S. gardens this spring

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Athyrium Filix-Femina

By Jay Sifford

If you need a well-mannered plant that shines in the shade, lady fern is for you

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Little Bluestem Goes Above and Beyond

It thrives in poor soil and provides food and shelter for wildlife. Plus, Schizachyrium scoparium is just a darn pretty native grass

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Staphylea Trifolia Shines in the Shade

Plant American bladdernut for 3 seasons of interest: spring flowers and striped brown branches and bladder-like seedpods in fall and winter

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Wild Lupine Dresses Up Rocky Gardens

Spiky blue flowers and a high tolerance for poor soil make this plant ideal for tough sites

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Asclepias Incarnata for a Butterfly Garden

Beautiful swamp milkweed makes it easy to help monarchs and other pollinators in eastern U.S. gardens

WINTER GARDENING 10 Native Wildflowers to Beautify Your Winter Garden

They stand strong in wind, feed wildlife and are easy to grow. But you may want to add these plants for their looks alone

FLOWERS Rudbeckia Mania: Go Beyond Black-Eyed Susan in the Garden

Branch out from typical nursery fare, with lesser-known Rudbeckia species that have delightfully unexpected features

FLOWERS AND PLANTS Help Monarchs and Other Butterflies by Planting Common Milkweed

Summer-blooming Asclepias syriaca is an important larval host plant for the monarch butterfly and attracts a number of pollinating insects

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Common Boneset Helps Good Bugs Thrive

Support bees, moths and butterflies with the nectar of this low-maintenance, versatile and tactile prairie-style plant