I have tried to grow Butterfly weed from seed the last couple of years without any success. I let the seed pods pop open and then cover the seeds with mulch but I have not had any luck with them ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The monarch butterfly population in Ohio has declined by an estimated 80% over the past 30 years. One effort to reverse the trend is to promote more growth of native milkweed.

Butterfly weed produces a seed pod after pollination. Measuring about three to six inches long, the seed pods, also known as follicles, turn brown and split, causing the seeds to be disbursed in ...

The easiest method of getting milkweed seeds for your monarch butterfly garden is to find it locally, either through buying or trading seed from a local source, or by gathering seeds from nearby ...

Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies—including monarchs, which rely on milkweeds as larval host plants.

These wildflowers sprout from an underground tuber. The flowers give way to prominent, spindle-shaped seed pods (3 to 6 inches long), which split open and release numerous silky-tailed seeds for ...

Butterfly Weed, "Asclepias tuberosa," thrives with neglect, in drought-like conditions and poor soil. It's one of the plants on the New York State List of Native Plants, which means that they may ...

Illinois needs to plant milkweed, and a lot of it, over the next 18 years to ensure the state’s official insects, monarch butterflies, survive.

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The Midwest needs to plant milkweed, and a lot of it, over the next 18 years to ensure monarch butterflies survive, preferably in sufficient numbers to sustain their phenomenal migration.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The most accepted definition of a weed is a "plant out of place" but in the case of Butterfly Weed, this plant deserves a place in everyone's garden and throughout our ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A perfect plant does not exist, but Asclepias tuberosa, commonly called ...