Growing milkweed is one of the most rewarding actions a gardener can take to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs rely on ...

Therefore, if you suspect that a plant in your yard may be swallow-wort instead of a variety of milkweed that butterflies love, it should be removed and prevented from growing back before it does ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

Discover what keystone plants are and what role they play in our ecosystems. Learn which plants are considered keystones an ...

9 GROW HUB Native Plant-a-Palooza sale, said planting native species may be the first step to restoring monarch populations ...

Growing milkweed (Asclepias spp) and nectar plant species east of the Rocky Mountains and reducing pesticide use are also important for butterflies’ survival, says Sáenz-Romero, but such ...

Planting milkweed in the yard provided food for caterpillars that used neighboring bushes ... Advancements in pesticide usage ...

Milkweed is the only plant monarchs eat and lay their eggs on, and planting it is very easy. All you need is a milk jug, soil, and seeds. Place the plant outside where the sun shines and water it.

That milkweed, though, has been crowded out by development. "There's no milkweed growing in ditches around here anymore because there's no ditches," Taylor said. So she started growing milkweed in ...

Fall leaves get a warm welcome from Christie Hunt. The River Forest, Illinois, resident rakes them into her flower beds, ...

David James, who documented the winter breeders, supports efforts to grow native milkweed where possible and grows it in his own garden in western Washington. However, he believes that winter breeding ...