It takes more than flower nectar to attract butterflies to your garden. Learn the truth about common butterfly host plant myths.

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...

Planting milkweed and protecting existing milkweed can help support this species. The leaves of the milkweed plant are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. (photo: Bonnie Kirn Donahue) ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees while adding color, fragrance and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and ...

Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on milkweed – they will not survive on anything else. Native milkweeds are historically very common, although with the advent of vast fields of corn ...

Another plus of growing either swamp milkweed or butterfly weed is that, unlike common milkweed, neither needs a period of cold stratification to break dormancy—they are ready to grow.

Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard gardeners try to lure the famous flutterers. But critics say this non-native ...

The Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District is the local collection station for mature common milkweed seed pods in Lucas County to help the monarch population.

Tennessee residents will be able to choose Red Milkweed - a native perennial found in swamps, river bottomlands and wet meadows - and Common Milkweed - another native perennial found in fields ...

One of the most customary areas where common milkweed persisted profusely was in and around the edges of agricultural fields.

From June to August, Common Milkweed has clusters of very fragrant pinkish blossoms. This milkweed can grow in almost any kind of soil and can be found in farm fields, along roadsides, and in wild ...