This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a large, new ageratum that's heavy in bloom and a magnet to butterflies.

Long-blooming flowers are a must-have if you want to see butterflies all summer. Try this colorful variety for an influx of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A finch taking petals from a zinnia flower - Melissa Burovac/Getty A downside that might make you rethink putting a bird feeder in ...

Nothing beats a summer garden filled with birds and butterflies. And while a birdbath will get you halfway there, you'll need ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

Attract bees by planting blue, purple, white, golden, and yellow flowers. We'll show you the best flower varieties to get ...

It can be tricky to find flowering perennials that bloom all through the season, but these picks are sure to keep your garden ...

In some cultures, purple and mauve are symbols of prestige and wealth. But in the garden, purple is available to everyone and there are many colour variations. The reason there are so many purple and ...

I have been asked by several people to identify this very showy plant recently. Usually the description goes: “It looks like a great big butterfly bush” and with that I am fairly confident that what ...

I recently wrote about plants with purple flowers and solicited readers’ choices where this floral color is concerned. Since then, I have received a significant number of emails on this subject, ...

Q. I have a purple flower called dame’s rocket in my garden. It just appeared on its own. Can you tell me something about it? — F.J. Cramble, Chicago A. Dame’s rocket or sweet rocket (Hesperis ...