San Antonio classes teach gardeners to grow native milkweed, supporting monarch butterfly migration and population health.

Milkweed works great in a container, as it can thrive easily and safely away from your dog, says Kevin Lenhart, design director at Yardzen, a residential landscaping company founded in California.

The goal of the Native Milkweed Project in San Antonio is to figure out which ... We have hosted three years of classes and distributed approximately 600 seeded containers of the six native ...

Question: Hi Carol, it's so interesting that you recently wrote an article on milkweed. I have purchased plants ... which I plan to plant in a container as I understand it spreads by rhizomes.

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

Milkweed is a tough little plant that will grow back in time for the return of the monarchs in the spring. ... Its long taproot makes it difficult to grow in containers, Daniels said.

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“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.” ...

After 600 seeded containers of six native milkweeds and three years of classes, here's where the Native Milkweed Project in San Antonio stands. San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip ...