Worried about common milkweed taking over your garden? Swamp milkweed, or red milkweed, is less aggressive but good for ...

Milkweed, the common name of the genus Asclepias ... If you are looking for plants that will fill your garden with a variety of butterflies, milkweed is one of the best. But with over 100 species ...

Each year the National Garden Bureau chooses plants of the year. I always look forward to which plants they pick and learning ...

Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is one of the tamer milkweeds with lots of ornamental appeal. This adaptable milkweed is hardy in zones three to 10 and was named the 2017 Perennial Plant of ...

Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants as egg-laying sites, but they also migrate long distances every spring and fall, and the route from Mexico to Canada passes through the San Antonio area.

The monarch butterfly is being considered as a candidate for the endangered species list. Here's how you can help.

(common milkweed) is known to contain sufficient amounts of cardiac ... syriaca 1) in various parts of the plant, 2) at various heights for pre-reproductive plants, and 3) before and after cooking ...

Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants and the young caterpillars feed exclusively on them. Butterfly conservationists encourage people to plant them where they can to promote monarch populations.