Few things are more graceful than a butterfly as it flutters from blossom to blossom. Butterflies are an elegant element of a garden and not just because of their beauty - they are valuable ...

If you have harvested milkweed seeds from existing plants, the typical perennial varieties that need cold stratification ...

The population of essential milkweed plants has decreased over the past decades. Help restore their numbers by collecting ...

The Perennial Plant Association has named butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), as its 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year. With much focus on pollinator habitat these days, butterfly milkweed is a ...

There are many species of the plant Asclepias, some native and some non-native. Their common name is milkweed for the milky sap they produce. Milkweed is the larval host plant for the monarch ...

The Montreal Botanical Garden offers an annual rite of spring with the flight of a delicate butterfly. This year’s edition of “Butterflies Go Free,” which is held indoors in the main exhibition ...

There's only one plant that monarch butterflies feed on, and it's this affordable beauty Transforming your yard into an enchanting butterfly-filled haven is simpler than you think thanks to this ...

Habitat loss for this iconic black and orange butterfly, especially along its migratory routes, is devastating monarch populations. Help a winged friend out by planting milkweed. Just a few months ago ...

As you prepare your garden for winter, you might want to start planning for the year ahead with plants that we predict will ...

YARD AND GARDEN: Mystery seeds: what to do if you get them “Major statewide strategies, such as updated roadside mowing guidelines, creating habitat in natural areas, and allowing it to grow in ...

Butterfly fans, take a breath. I know it's officially spring and we're all pounding on nursery doors, anxious to plant some California native milkweed to help the endangered Western monarch butterfly ...

At 72, Ward Johnson sometimes puts in 12-hour days in the gardens of his Edina home. But it isn't just the vibrant flora that flourishes in his curated yard that keeps him busy. Johnson has set ...