The buzz around planting for pollinators is not a new trend. In fact, we celebrate National Pollinator Week each June, and May has been designated as Garden for Wildlife Month, according to the ...

Porterweed – Stachytarpheta sp. This tropical member of the verbena family is not winter hardy in Arkansas, but it loves an Arkansas summer. This plant is a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds and ...

This porterweed has a right to feel blue: Not only are its blossoms tiny, the plant is handicapped by the "weed" word. Seriously, though, this species (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis), native from Florida ...

*Growth habit: An upright to rounded evergreen perennial growing to 6 feet tall and wide. The leaves are medium green, ovate in shape with a rounded, toothed edge and growing to 6 inches long and half ...

Not all pollinator plants are the same – some are better than others. While there is some scientific research to tell us which plants are best at attracting pollinators to your garden, most of what we ...