Spring is coming!! This is tansy that grows as a perennial in my yard. (perennial meaning that it will come back every spring season.)  The foliage of this plant is very much like a fern and the flowers are yellow, round and small clusters like the picture above. There is good reason why this plant is also called golden buttons.  The odor tansy gives off  is a bit pungent but it has specific purpose in the garden.  Tansy is known to repel the “bad” bugs AND attract the beneficial bugs to your garden or yard.  Some of the beneficial bugs this lovely plant will attract are lady bugs, spined soldier bugs, spiders, hover-flies, praying…