Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

Swamp milkweed is a beautiful native plant that attracts dragonflies with its tall, sturdy stems and clusters of pink flowers ...

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with ...

ALEXANDRIA — The National Garden Bureau has named 2025 the Year of Asclepias (milkweed) — and for good reason. This resilient ...

By Pat Neuman I became interested in native plants in 1999 while we were planning to move to Chanhassen from St. Paul. I wanted to find a place to live in Chanhassen where I could bike and walk to ...

Common milkweed is great for butterflies, swamp milkweed," said Brady Pnacek ... We have hollow-stemmed plants as well and that's where your bees and insects like to get in there and lay eggs ...

Milkweed plants need a full sun location ... Another plus of growing either swamp milkweed or butterfly weed is that, unlike common milkweed, neither needs a period of cold stratification ...