However, one commonly forgotten benefit of growing flowers is how they attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, all of which work wonders for your garden and local ecosystem. Certain ...

Not only will those flowers bring you joy throughout the year; native wildflowers are the best source of food and shelter for pollinators like bees and butterflies. When you plant flowers that are ...

Snails and slugs dislike sand, lime, and ashes, so the next time you have a wood braai, apply ash to the base of plants under threat.

Butterfly bushes need full sun to bloom profusely. Select a planting location that gets a minimum of six hours of direct sun ...

Bees are always attracted to the purple flower of the rosemary. Photo / Steven McNicholl Someone mentioned to me the other ...

Butterflies and bumble bees are all the rage these days at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology. It’s all in black and white — literally. The museum is hosting or assisting with two ...