You’d be forgiven for thinking these were the only two species in the world that bear flowers beyond September ... The bees, birds, and butterflies will thank you!

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 ...

By Margaret Roach To see a field of common milkweed in midsummer — a sea of a thousand nodding pink flower heads — you ... butterflies are not great pollinators, they do visit milkweed flowers ...