Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...

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Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed and have evolved mechanisms to retain those toxins in their bodies after metamorphosing ...

Milkweed garden in an alley behind a garage. CREDIT: Imeña Valdes. For this new follow-up study, they trained over 400 community scientist volunteers across the Chicagoland area to monitor the ...

Ways to Get Rid of Aphids on Milkweed. Although it’s usually best to avoid treating aphids on milkweed, treatment may be in ...

Grow this milkweed in sunny mixed borders, natural gardens, rain gardens, and alongside ponds. And best of all, the deer and rabbits tend to leave it, and other milkweeds, be.

A Two-Way Chemistry Equation. If someone says “milkweed,” maybe you also hear “monarch butterfly” in your head. It’s almost as if the two are inextricably linked.

Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard gardeners try to lure the famous flutterers. But critics say this non-native ...

Oliver Hernandez, of Overland, Kansas, poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of ...

For the milkweed patches that were 5 years old or older, a whopping 95% contained eggs. That compared with 61% for patches planted in the current year.

Related: The 10 Best Gardening Gloves, According to Testing 2. Rinse the plants with water. Washing milkweed plants with a strong blast from the garden hose can dislodge milkweed aphids and reduce ...