Plant pale purple coneflower in perennial gardens or informal prairie plantings for spring blooms, bees and butterflies

Plant these 5 native species to bring beauty to the garden — and pollen to the insects — from June through August

Purple lovegrass thrives in tough conditions. It’s a native grass with a wide range across the eastern U.S.

These insects are busy in the garden come summer and fall, pollinating sunflowers, coneflowers, asters and more

Stately New York ironweed attracts pollinators with its blooms at the end of summer and birds with its seeds in fall

Golden dewdrops, a versatile tropical shrub, has delicate purple and white blossoms

It brings high energy, takes low maintenance and wears a brilliant outfit. If only all garden guests were this dandy

It's invasive, a nonnative and a poor insect magnet. Check out these better alternatives to butterfly bush in the garden

The American goldfinch is a bright-in-the-summer visitor and one of the only vegetarian songbirds. Here's how to give them a healthy habitat

You can design a natural garden that doesn’t rely on covering your soil with wood and bark mulch