Passion vines (Passiflora sprucei) are one of the most beautiful vines you can plant in your garden not only for yourself but for three of Florida’s most abundant butterflies: zebra, gulf fritillary ...

One of the most popular food plants for butterfly enthusiasts is the passion vine. Not only does it attract butterflies, it also has exotic flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. Passion ...

My yard has been blessed with butterflies all summer. There’s something special about these insects, as evidenced by their popularity in greeting cards, jewelry and tattoos. Is it because they are so ...

A NATURE fan has shown off her parents’ flourishing flowers on their chain link fence. The crop unexpectedly attracted hundreds of animals to their yard, prompting other gardeners to look into the ...

Learn which host plants, cover and native flowers to grow so caterpillars, chrysalises and adult butterflies thrive in your ...

There are few flowers we grow here in Dallas that are as exotic and intriguing as the passion flower. If you happen to have a passion flower vine in your garden, then you’ve no doubt been enjoying an ...

Native to warmer regions in North, Central and South America, passion flowers are impossible to ignore. Wherever they are grown, their unusual blooms take on an otherworldly quality, and during summer ...

Passion is a curious concept. It combines intensity and desire, in its purest sense, to create an obsessive need. There is, figuratively and literally, a fine and not always obvious line between ...

Ecological invasions are the stuff of nightmares for many conservationists. Highly competitive plants and animals from other habitats – artichoke thistle from the Mediterranean, for instance – move in ...

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Every beautiful butterfly was once a caterpillar, and caterpillars have to eat. This may surprise you, but the average ...