This perennial has a way to both repel garden pests and attract pollinators too, which means powerful protection for your ...

This flower can bring dragonflies to your garden, but not for the reason you may think. An annual, it vibrantly blooms in the ...

Ladybugs, lacewings, and other beneficial insects feed on plant pests and naturally make gardens more pest-resistant. But like pollinators, these “good bugs" also feed on nectar and pollen, and ...

You know bees are beneficial, but you might not know about another beneficial flying insect. Find out what it is and why you ...

Your garden is not only home to pests that can pose a threat to your plants, but also to beneficial insects that can save the greenery.

Every summer, gardeners lose crops to pests they never see coming. Aphids colonize tomato stems overnight. Nematodes silently ...

Predatory insects have been shown to live longer when they have access to nectar and pollen, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. Thus, flowers don't just benefit ...

Plants existed on Earth for hundreds of millions of years before the first flowers bloomed. But when flowering plants did evolve, more than 140 million years ago, they were a huge evolutionary success ...

In a field of winter wheat, researchers at the University of Reading's Sonning farm in the UK had planted an unusual fumigation system: eight 8-meter octagons surrounding clusters of black mustard ...

Most gardeners have been conditioned to reach for the spray bottle the moment they see something moving on their plants. It’s ...