Butterfly weed is a milkweed plant that attracts butterflies to the garden with its clusters of bright orange-to-yellow blooms rich with nectar and pollen. This clump-forming perennial grows two ...

A s autumn settles in and the garden transitions through the colder seasons, sowing seeds is an inspiring way to plan ahead for next year’s garden. In particular, many butterfly-friendly flowers ...

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden.It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a ...

Monarch butterfly boosters hope more milkweed can keep numbers growing. ... * Show up to help Game and Parks staff and Americorps volunteers plant milkweed seedlings along the Cowboy Trail during ...

Gardening Ask the Gardener: Saving seeds saves butterflies and bees. Here’s how you can help. Use these tips to keep your seeds and seedlings in fighting shape for spring.

In addition to swamp and butterfly milkweed, I have other native seeds that require 30 days of cold stratification, like lanceleaf coreopsis and Joe Pye weed, that I put in the refrigerator—this ...

That butterfly, which I reported in 2019, was the only sighting in Banning on the Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper. All the same, the milkweed grew and by June, through some sort of butterfly ...

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

Close your eyes and imagine a butterfly.Chances are you may have pictured a monarch, with its blazing orange and black wings.They are some of North America’s most iconic butterflies, but they ...

Native prairie plants and bare-root tree seedlings are for sale from the Scott County Soil and Water Conservation District, with all orders to be received by Feb. 28.

The next Butterfly and Milkweed Class is scheduled for 9 a.m. Oct. 19 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Comal County Master Gardener headquarters in New Braunfels, at 325 Resource Drive ...

As reported last week, zizotes, showy, antelope horn, green and butterfly weed native milkweeds all germinated well in the spring when seeded in containers. Unlike tropical milkweed, none of the ...