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Try these nectar-rich beauties and help autumn monarchs

GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING Be a Citizen Scientist to Help Wildlife, Learn and Have Fun Too

Track butterflies, study birds, capture stars ... when you aid monitoring efforts, you’re lending Mother Nature a hand

GARDENING GUIDES Entice Eastern Tiger Swallowtails With Summer Flowers

Grow nectar-rich native bloomers and larval host plants for these endearing butterflies

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 6 Steps to Creating Your Butterfly Garden

By Debbie Ballentine

Encourage these fanciful winged beauties to visit your garden while helping restore their fragmented habitat

FALL GARDENING Reflecting on a Gardening Year

Mistakes and successes, surprises and comforts. The garden helps us grow in new ways every year

FLOWERS 10 Spring Wildflowers for the Central Plains

These blooming native perennials thrive in dry locations and help welcome early-season pollinators

GARDENING GUIDES Keep Your Cool in the Garden — Here’s What to Do in August

By Annie Thornton

Don’t let summer’s heat go to your head. These U.S. gardening guides will help you make sensible choices for all of your plantings

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Silphium Perfoliatum Pleases Wildlife

Cup plant provides structure, cover, food and water to help attract and sustain wildlife in the eastern North American garden

GARDENING GUIDES Hummingbird or Moth? See Why You Want Clearwings Around

These fascinating moths may be helpful pollinators for your garden. Here’s how to coax them your way