Do you want to turn your backyard into a haven for colorful songbirds and graceful feathered visitors? By planting the right flowers, shrubs, and trees, you can attract a diverse array of birds while ...

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Using flowers to attract hummingbirds is nothing new, but if you want to get more creative with your picks, consider planting ...

The goal of the project is to restore and preserve habitats for numerous pollinator species by planting milkweed.

Pick milkweed seed pods when they are dry and just starting to split open. Seeds can’t germinate if they have not been allowed enough time to mature on the plant.

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed.

Growing milkweed from seed is an easy way to make your garden a monarch landing zone.

A new milkweed seed pod grows on A. eriocarpa. (Kim Schwind/Contributed) Western redbud disperses its seeds in pods that are easy to collect. (Jeanette Alosi/Contributed) ...

(Laura Lukes/Contributed) A new milkweed seed pod grows on A. eriocarpa. (Kim Schwind/Contributed) Western redbud disperses its seeds in pods that are easy to collect. (Jeanette Alosi/Contributed) ...

A little later, the long pods of fireweeds split open, and their fluffy seeds spread. Milkweeds are a bit slower. The clusters of small florets on milkweed are borne in a ball shape.

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.