These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

Just a few years ago, the eastern monarch was considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

Butterfly milkweed has lots of ornamental appeal. This adaptable milkweed is hardy in many zones and was named the 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year.

And March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day, the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers that will help ...

purple coneflower and swamp milkweed. The nice thing is that butterflies want the same thing as humans. “We like a big diversity of colors, we want beautiful showy flowers,” said Dorian. The movement ...

Milkweed, the preferred food of monarch butterflies ... we want beautiful showy flowers,” said Dorian. The movement to plant butterfly gardens has really taken off in the past decade.

A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., June 5, 2019. (AP ...

Due to the increased use of herbicides in the U.S., milkweed, a plant vital for monarch reproduction, has declined, ultimately harming the butterfly population. The WWF recommends people ...