The Perennial Plant Association has named butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), as its 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year. With much focus on pollinator habitat these days, butterfly milkweed is a ...

Commonly known as milkweed, Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial plants in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) plant family. Named for Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, plants exude a sticky, milky ...

Some milkweed species are attractive additions to home landscapes, and monarch butterflies like them too. Here are some tips from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists on ...

Few things are more graceful than a butterfly as it flutters from blossom to blossom. Butterflies are an elegant element of a garden and not just because of their beauty - they are valuable ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are many species of the plant Asclepias, some native and some non-native. Their common name is milkweed for the milky sap they produce. Milkweed is the larval host plant for the monarch ...

A Monarch butterfly feeds on a milkweed plant. (NOLA.com|The Times-Picyaune archive) A new butterfly garden at Camp Salmen Nature Park in Slidell is experimenting with varieties of milkweed to see ...

Just this past month the International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the migratory monarch butterfly on its Red List of Endangered Species. This has been a long time coming. Monarchs are the ...

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Milkweeds are not the most spectacular of flowering perennials, but they can look highly effective as fillers and textural foils in plant combinations. They are a must in any sunny herbaceous garden ...