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

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

Do your part to support declining monarch butterfly populations by planting these free milkweed seeds. Reviewed by Joseph ...

Happily, wherever you garden in the U.S., there’s a native ... Another plus of growing either swamp milkweed or butterfly weed is that, unlike common milkweed, neither needs a period of cold ...

Butterfly milkweed is a native plant that is tough as nails in the garden. Since the plant is a native it is extremely drought-tolerant and will put up with poor soil conditions as long as they ...

Transformations come in many varieties and in recent years, one local gardener has undergone a metamorphosis of her own. It all started four years ago, when Linda Pelzl of Prior Lake heard a ...

Evie Kinkead, a junior at Aptos High School, pitched this story about a project she spearheaded to help monarch butterfly ...

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

Explore the worrying decline of Monarch butterflies in Texas and the implications for pollination and food production. Learn why preserving these butterflies is vital for a sustainable ecosystem.