Providing beautiful blooms for monarchs not only adds to the beauty of your garden but helps support their population. Here ...

Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and even in manicured gardens. This native, perennial powerhouse is an adaptable ...

It grows 3- to 4-feet tall, preferring full sun. This taller milkweed has thinner leaves than common milkweed, and it also likes to naturalize. While lovely and highly attractive to pollinators, ...

This taller milkweed has thinner leaves than common milkweed, and it also likes to naturalize. While lovely and highly attractive to pollinators, gardeners should reconsider planting the ...

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.

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacan, Mexico. Image by naticastillog via Depositphotos. The most famous butterfly migration is the annual journey of the monarch butterfly. These vibrant ...

The flowers of Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) are brilliant orange. This shorter milkweed grows to 2 to 3 feet tall and blooms from May to September. The leaves are long, narrow, and pointed.

Hummingbirds are attracted to vibrant colors, including orange. Plant these orange flowers in your garden to attract hummingbirds to your yard.

She also suggested swamp milkweed and orange butterfly weed may be better than common milkweed in the flower beds of those who don’t own their own property.

Milkweed is the host plant for butterfly enthusiasts who want to attract monarch butterflies. When the monarch discovers the milkweed, she lays her eggs on it. Once the eggs hatch, the small ...

With experts calling for an “all hands on deck” approach to saving the monarch that includes planting milkweed in parks, agricultural areas and rights of way, Field Museum researchers, who ...

A gardener friend also grew butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, and I now have several of those in my garden. They are perennials with bright-orange flowers, and their leaves are more tender than ...