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 ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! I hope everyone survived the brutal heat wave last week. More normal temperatures have dominated this last week of June. Now we just need some rain!

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Milkweed has received a lot of attention in recent years, mainly due to its status as a host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars. monarch caterpillars rely exclusively on milkweed ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees while adding color, fragrance and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...

Perhaps you’ve read about and noticed the declining numbers of monarch butterflies? If you’d like to help, and you want to attract more monarchs to your garden, consider adding milkweed (Asclepias spp ...

Where Should You Plant Milkweed? Butterfly gardeners know the importance of milkweed. This plant family is vital to the survival of monarch butterflies, since it’s the only host plant their ...

The National Garden Bureau annually selects a variety of plants for its annual awards. The categories include perennials, annuals, bulbs, houseplants, shrubs and edibles. One each is chosen as a plant ...

Question: Recently I read an article about planting milkweed for butterflies. I would like to add this to my garden for the spring. I don’t know which type and what requirements they prefer. Any ...

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