Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed.

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), the most widespread milkweed east of the Rocky Mountains, can colonize disturbed sites. But most of the more than 90 recognized North American species have a ...

Whether you live in the city or in the country, planting milkweed can go a long way.

This adaptable milkweed is hardy in zones three to ten and was named the 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year. Grow butterfly milkweed in full sun with well-drained soil.

LANSING, MI – Milkweed is not a weed. Milkweed is a native plant and a keystone species critical for the survival of the beloved monarch butterfly, another keystone species crucial for its ...

Looking at 450 small urban gardens, researchers found more monarch eggs when there was common milkweed and milkweed that was at least 5 years old.

The iconic monarch butterfly is declining across North America. You can help make a difference by providing the species with its food plant: milkweed.

Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and ...

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 ...

Milkweed plants are the hosts for the larvae of the monarch butterfly as well as several species of beetles, true bugs and the milkweed tussock moth.