Growing milkweed from seed is an easy way to make your garden a monarch landing zone. Native milkweed is the only host plant that feeds the caterpillars of monarch butterflies, a threatened species.

Researchers have identified a species of milkweed that holds promise for planting on roadsides to improve conservation habitat for migrating monarch butterflies. The study, "Ecology of Asclepias ...

Milkweed is not just for monarchs! Native milkweed plants are a great addition to Colorado gardens. They are attractive flowering plants that, contrary to their name, are not at all weedy. There are ...

In 2020, around Thanksgiving, a total of fewer than 2,000 monarch butterflies were counted at around 250 overwintering sites where they have traditionally been counted in the state of California. A ...

Tropical Milkweed is a popular ornamental plant featuring bright orange and yellow flowers. It is often planted in yards to attract the iconic monarch butterfly, which lays its eggs on the milkweed as ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed that monarch butterflies, whose numbers in ...