We don’t often think of vines as a place for birds to nest. Yet some of our favorite songbirds are looking for exactly the kind of plant...

OR How to optimize the habitat value of your yard. In his book Nature’s Best Hope Doug Tallamy explains how “greedy” he is when it...

I’m typically an all-in kind of person when something interests me, and passionflower vine is a striking attention grabber. I won’t be...

In Georgia, native passionflower vines (passiflora incarnata or lutea) are the only host plants for gulf fritillary butterfly...

There’s a fascinating phenomenon I've noticed but haven't specifically read about between native purple passionflower vines (passiflora...

Or Why Pollinator Gardens Need Native Host Plants The people who tell me their pollinator garden doesn't need native plants invariably...

Watching generations of gulf fritillary caterpillars go through multiple stages as they defoliate the native passionflower vines...

One benefit of creating a wildlife habitat in my yard is I get too see the wonder of nature up close throughout the year. I never tire of...

When I went to my community garden last month my friend Pat rushed by me with a handful of gulf fritillary caterpillars (cats) crawling...