Nurseries and garden centers are filled with plants waiting for a permanent home. When you are selecting all the “must-haves” for this year, in addition to thinking about color and size, why not also ...

If you want to truly support bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, planting a few “pollinator-friendly” flowers isn’t always enough. The real impact comes from choosing native plants, which are ...

Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds to your garden. The fragrant perennial shrub has a tubular flower that is perfectly suited to the birds' beaks. Fenkep Now that the last cold snap of winter ...

Is it a hummingbird? Is it a butterfly? Lubbock A-J reader P.W. of Lubbock wondered about a strange creature hovering in flight around flowering Ajuga and thought perhaps it was some kind of ...

Nurseries and garden centers are filled with plants waiting for a permanent home. When you are selecting all the “must-haves” for this year, why not think not only about color and size, but also about ...

Do you ever sit on your patio and wonder why all the butterflies seem to be in your neighbor’s garden? Or why your hummingbird feeder doesn’t need re-filling as often as your friend’s feeder? The ...

Attract and enjoy butterflies and hummingbirds right in your own backyard! These beautiful and fascinating creatures will give you hours of enjoyment. Your "garden" may be a few containers of ...

As I write this, I am on Day 211 of hummingbirds feeding at The Garden Guy’s house, marking the longest date on the calendar that I have had them, until hopefully tomorrow and the day after. I don’t ...

If not, you may want to add some plants that will attract and support these pollinators and others throughout the season. Adding pollinator plants will benefit the plants in your vegetable garden, ...

The birds are back. At least, that’s the plan. On Aug. 21, the Wade Bourne Nature Center in Rotary Park will host the fourth annual Hummingbird and Butterfly Festival. The event is free. This ...