If you have harvested milkweed seeds from existing plants, the typical perennial varieties that need cold stratification ...

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 whole ...

Butterfly weed (also called butterfly milkweed) is a pretty, low-maintenance perennial. Here are tips on where and how to plant it from horticulturists at Iowa State University in Ames. Q: What would ...

Planting milkweed is one of the best ways to help monarch butterflies. This plant is the only food source for monarch ...

Of all the perennials that sprouted up this spring, I was most pleased to see the butterfly weed. After a rough season last year, with deer keeping the plants eaten down to the ground, I wasn’t sure ...

Creating a butterfly garden is a fantastic way to attract these beautiful pollinators and enjoy their delightful presence in ...

Texas' official state insect is on its way from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable ...

I have some gingers that make a very fragrant white flower. They look really ragged now, after the winter. If I cut them back now, will I lose their blooms? And if it's OK to cut them back, how far ...

Kay MacNeil, of Frankfort, describes herself as “a seriously deranged lover of caterpillars and butterflies.” As a child, she came down with a terrible rash on her arms. Her family physician ...

TOWN OF CENTER (WLUK) -- Northeast Wisconsin lawmakers wants to make the endangered Monarch butterfly the state butterfly. State Rep. Paul Tittl of Manitowoc and State Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara of ...