These pests are worst in the spring—around the time daffodils and lilies bloom. Common milkweed is one of the best flowers for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. (Find out more things you ...

While milkweed is generally hardy, it can attract pests such as aphids. Instead of resorting to chemical pesticides, which ...

Under natural conditions the prostrate milkweed is thought to be able to persist at low densities. It produces so much nectar that far-flying pollinating insects such as tarantula hawks and large bees ...

In comparing the widely varying true “bugs” of the order Hemiptera, the researchers found that liquid-guzzling members appear to have lost a chunk of their smell and taste receptors along with some ...

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 ...

Milkweed is the only plant monarch caterpillars ... “Monarchs are only one species of pollinators and pollinators are mostly insects. There are other animals we rely on pollinators for plant ...