The first 35 individuals to register at each site will receive two milkweed seeded containers if they agree to monitor and report the germination and transplanting results.

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Swamp milkweed The swamp milkweed germination rate has been the least successful of the native milkweeds, with only three total plants out of 54 seeded containers.

The main milkweed species to avoid in northwest Oregon is the tropical Asclepias curassavica, a bright red and yellow flowered native to tropical America, say butterfly scientists.

Lack of milkweed is one of the main reasons behind the dwindling population of monarch butterflies. Luckily, planting milkweed easy.

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Common milkweed spreads not only from seeds, but also from underground rhizomes called creeping rootstocks. Some home gardeners might choose to grow common milkweed in containers so it doesn't ...

Three containers grow native plants, including columbine (left). Many plants native to the Kansas City area can thrive in container gardens on balconies, porches and roofs.

“I’ve grown tropical milkweed in containers on my patio for years,” he said. “Giving them opportunities to find little pockets [of milkweed] here and there is better than nothing at all ...

Bachmann said he regularly examines the undersides of his milkweed leaves for larvae, which he then nurtures in clear containers until the butterfly emerges from its chrysalis.

Winter sowing is an easy, low-maintenance technique for planting seeds in miniature, makeshift greenhouses that you can make yourself from upcycled materials.

The first 35 individuals to register at each site will receive two milkweed seeded containers if they agree to monitor and report the germination and transplanting results.