Once you start a pollinator garden, it can become addictive. Finding new plants to keep hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators flocking to your yard becomes a mission. So, you will ...

The beautiful flowers and impressive diversity of a large genus of roughly 250 species North American and East Asian flowering plants have inspired scientists and gardeners alike. The North American ...

A hummingbird hovers in the air. - Jenny Grewal / 500px/Getty Images There is a lot of fun to be had in gardening specifically with hummingbirds in mind. Not only does adding some of their preferred ...

This penstemon is a vigorous grower and, if allowed to colonize a bed or corner of the garden, will delight humans and hummingbirds alike for many years. Its vivid coral-red tubular flowers are packed ...

Hummingbirds are attracted to gardens with vibrant, nectar-rich flowers. Petunias, scarlet bee balm, and bluestem penstemon are excellent choices for attracting these birds. Red columbine, orange ...

Every spring, I get giddy at the first sight of color that isn’t the white or brown of mud season. I know that each year, the abundance and beauty of wildflowers in this region will continuously ...

Penstemons have been valued for centuries, but it's only in recent decades that they've become more widely planted in Iowa gardens. Their common name is beardtongues because of the often-hairy stamen ...

What flowers do hummingbirds like? Turn your garden into a pollinator haven with colorful hummingbird flowers such as bee ...

•Cut back perennials and nonevergreen grasses that were left standing for winter interest. •Suffocate overwintering pests and their eggs by spraying shrubs and trees with horticulture oil. •Plant bare ...

The floral diversity and repeated shifts in pollination have inspired a series of scientists to study adaptive evolution in the genus. But until now many of the species relationships have been ...