Flowers and Plants – Page 13

Monarch Butterflies Are In Decline. I Wanted to Help.

This is the trouble with trying to help a natural world in so much peril. It’s never entirely clear when it’s right to intervene and when it’s wrong.

Nothing brings a sense of formality to a garden like boxwood. But thanks to common gardening practices, it’s vulnerable to disease.

The species is called Poseidon’s ribbon weed, and researchers say it has spread to cover an area the size of Cincinnati over the past 4,500 years.

According to a recent report, many of these ‘charismatic’ wildflowers are threatened with extinction. Here’s what you can do to help.

Every year we let more patches of our yard go wild, and every year more flowers appear in the uncut areas.