The migrating Monarchs are having a better year — and Florida's gorgeous Atala butterfly is finding succor in Lakeland.

The zizotes seedlings have grown from about 1 inch high to 4 inches since the classes. ... that butterfly milkweed is not a favorite monarch egg-laying site.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In fact, leading studies have estimated that 1.3 billion milkweed stems are needed across the monarch’s breeding range to stabilize its population. Offering federal tax credits, similar to tax ...

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.

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.

Monarch butterfly super generation live up to 9 times longer than most monarchs, migrates thousands of miles. ... Monarchs returning to the U.S. need milkweed plants to lay their eggs on, ...

Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants and the young caterpillars feed exclusively on them. Butterfly conservationists encourage people to plant them where they can to promote monarch populations.

Citizen scientist Lorraine Kells finds small monarch butterfly eggs on milkweed in the monarch waystation near the Chicago Park District storehouse on Aug. 7, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune) ...