This plant also attracts other butterflies like the swallowtail and the painted lady. These types of butterflies also benefit ...

You can often smell its lovely fragrance before you see it. Common milkweed is a native perennial plant in the milkweed family. It commonly grows in sunny areas and ditches and is a primary part of ...

And you can help. Plant native milkweed in your garden—or even on your balcony. Ask your local nursery or a nearby gardening group about the right type to plant in your growing region (tropical ...

There are several benefits of growing a milkweed plant, but we want to keep them away from places where birds congregate. Many types of birds feast on both seeds and insects, and while most birds ...

Many types of wildlife, such as songbirds, native plants, native insects, and other critters, are affected due to the above listed reasons. Particularly, monarch populations are effected because their ...

Learn how to grow the essential host plant for monarchs. Thirteen native species of milkweed are found across Canada. This fall, try incorporating milkweed into your garden to help native pollinators.

The caterpillar’s food plant, milkweed, has declined in the past decades. This may be due to the kind of pesticides applied to fields near the places where the food plant grows. Without an ...

Monarchs are becoming extinct, and the Tennessee Department of Transportation is giving away milkweed seeds to replenish the dwindling monarch population. Butterfly enthusiasts are contributing to the ...

Milkweed is among native plant varieties the students have grown that required a cold start, under 40 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Patti Schildkamp of Unity, one of several local gardening ...

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...