Milkweed can be grown either from seeds or from seedlings, according to Monarch Butterfly Garden. If you plant them early enough, you can grow them from seeds (think in the fall, right about when ...

This $15 milkweed plant is just one of the many plants, bushes, ... Milkweed Butterfly Flowering Plants Set of Three Roots, $14.99; amazon.com The black-veined butterflies, ...

Habitat loss for this iconic black and orange butterfly, especially along its migratory routes, is devastating monarch populations. Help a winged friend out by planting milkweed. Just a few months ...

Being a native plant, butterfly milkweed is a little slow to establish in the garden, taking a couple of seasons to reach its full potential. Also keep in mind, since it likes warm soils it is ...

To the editor: As you note in your editorial, planting milkweed is critical to support the return of the monarch butterfly, since milkweed is the only plant that monarch caterpillars eat.

TEANECK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) --A butterfly shortage has prompted a call for people in the Tri-State area to help where they can. As CBS 2's Emily Smith reported, butterflies play an important role ...

The monarch butterfly can’t live without milkweed, often considered a nuisance plant. As the insect's numbers plummet, efforts to save them are underway.

More milkweed in cities could save monarch butterflies, Field Museum researchers find Milkweed is the only plant the monarch butterfly — Illinois’ official state insect — can lay its eggs on ...

The monarch butterfly is most renowned for its yearly odyssey. Some will travel up to 3,000 miles during their two-way winter journey.