Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to ...

Butterfly milkweed begins flowering in June, and the flowers will last a month of more. The best part is that this plant has the most vivid orange flowers. I know some of you don’t like bright ...

It's a great host and nectar plant for butterflies, birds and bees. Milkweed is famous for hosting monarch butterflies, but it also hosts a dozen other species of butterfly larvae. Orange ...

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

contagious pest of the butterflies. Non-natives can also out-compete native plants that support the local ecosystem. If you are growing tropical milkweed (also known as blood flower), the Xerces ...