Coneflowers already draw butterflies and bees, but pairing them with the right companion plants can turn a simple bed into a ...

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 ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and ...

Got empty garden beds that feel more like barren patches than backyard paradise? It happens ot the best of us. Every gardener ...

Hummingbirds are among the birds gardeners are glad to see in their gardens. They benefit gardens by pollinating plants and feeding on mosquitoes. Gardeners can plant more flowers and add red to their ...

When I noticed several Antillean Crested Hummingbirds flitting around the Ginger Thomas flowers I thought, how sweet, they are busy pollinating the flowers. But no! I went to get my camera, and took ...

Many native plants are good to have in your garden but are not always the most impressive looking. Monarda is an exception to this belief since it produces an abundance of colorful flowers during ...

Pollinator Week is coming up June 17-23, so I thought it would be appropriate to write about native pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. You may have read about the ...

Incorporating pollinator plants in your landscape could make you the bee’s knees. More than 80% of the world’s flowering plants need insects such as bees to spread pollen and help the plants produce ...

Hummingbirds are attracted to red flowers. This summer-blooming wildflower ticks that box, boosting garden ecology and adding pops of color in sunny spots.