Jessie Munson propagates milkweed from seed, and Joellen Dimond talks about irises. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Lichterman Nature Center Plant Activities Coordinator ...

Q. Couple of years ago, I purchased some butterfly milkweed at Farmers Market in Chesapeake. I would like to spread the butterfly milkweed; does it go to seed? If so, when and how do I collect the ...

Milkweed is the perfect plant for butterfly enthusiasts who want to attract monarch butterflies. When a female monarch discovers the milkweed, she lays her eggs on it. Once the eggs hatch, the small ...

Growing milkweed in your garden is one way homeowners can help monarch butterflies thrive. Monarch butterflies are diet-specialists, and their caterpillars are only able to feed on native milkweed ...

Most butterfly people fall hard for monarchs. With their wings like orange stained-glass windows, they’re the most charismatic of insects — the pandas of the insect world, endangered cuties whose ...

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It is time to gather more information on growing milkweeds in the Central Texas area to contribute to the success that monarch butterflies have in producing new generations of butterflies. MORE FINCH: ...

The red and yellow blooms of tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, are ubiquitous in North Florida butterfly gardens. This non-native milkweed has exploded in popularity as demand for milkweed ...

An international effort is under way to conserve populations of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L. [Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae]). Monarchs complete an impressive migration each year, flying from ...

TRAVERSE CITY — A Michigan House bill signed this week is helping pollinators across the state. Milkweed has been long known as a noxious and exotic weed, but new legislation - HB 4857 - passed to ...