Late-Season Gardens Get a Monarch Assignment

Estate gardens are taking on late-season work with a purpose: eight flowering varieties, chosen for color that holds into fall, are being recommended to support monarch butterflies on their migration south. The appeal for grounds this size is practical as much as ornamental—beds that read well from a terrace or a drive can also serve as a waystation, timed to bloom exactly when the migration passes through. For the properties where a working garden is part of the design, it is one more detail that makes the landscape function, not just photograph.

With reporting from Veranda.