The first of this year's southbound monarch butterflies are arriving at their overwintering grounds in central Mexico, though some still have yet to pass through Rogers County. A local native wildlife ...

If you are planting milkweed to attract monarch butterflies, you are already ahead of the game. But even the most well-meaning gardeners can make critical mistakes when planting milkweed that may send ...

If you're looking to fill a large space with flowers, plants, or trees, bare root is the way to go. Your local garden center can be full of inspiration with its aisles and aisles of abundant, ...

A monarch butterfly forages on an ironweed flower in the native lawn of Karen Rawson in the front yard of her home in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, September 9, 2024. Rawson began replacing ...

Wildlife-friendly gardeners are no strangers to milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), one of the plants that will fill your garden with a variety of butterflies. While known particularly for its important ...

People often think of common milkweed, the 3-to 5-feet tall unbranching plant with oval leaves and pink flower clusters. But there are up to 100 types of milkweeds in the ...