I love watching my milkweed plants basking in the sunlight. It's amazing how quickly they grow when they get enough light. If ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

Recommended Varieties: Lance-leaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) is an easy-to-grow variety that’s native to most of the ...

Why Birds Need Native Plants Native plants for birds are like Mom’s home cooking. They’re the tried-and-true foods that keep ...

Happily, wherever you garden in the U.S., there’s a native type of milkweed that can help support your local butterflies and other pollinators, and they are easy to grow from seed. The hardest ...

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 ...

Just as monarchs famously prefer milkweed for food and egg-laying, swallowtail butterflies also have a preferred food as ...

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 ...

A Pennsylvania butterfly farmer says listing the monarch as a threatened species could do more harm than good.

None of the milkweed seeds germinated well when planted directly in the soil at the designated site, although the retail seed sources continue to say it is the best way to grow milkweed.