“I collected some dried pods from common milkweed last year. What’s the best way and time to plant the seeds from the milkweed pods?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Judy Roberts. Horticulture ...

What Is Swamp Milkweed? Plenty of gardeners have heard of common milkweed. Many probably consider it the No. 1 monarch host ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

All milkweed plants — tropical or native — are good for butterflies and other pollinators, right? For the most part, that’s true. However, there is much debate between policymakers and the ...

Asclepias, also known as milkweed, is a great addition to any garden, and 2025 has been declared the Year of the Asclepias.

It is a great way to share the bounty of your garden with others and ensure you can savor the flavor of your heirloom tomato next season. Beyond culinary pursuits, saving seeds from a milkweed ...

Congress should establish federal tax credits for landowners who restore habitat by planting native milkweed and nectar plants that support pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies.

and so are milkweed seed pods starting to dry out in preparation of being harvested. Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant on which monarchs will ...

HAZLETON — Fontana Interpretive Nature Center is offering free milkweed seeds from four species harvested within the county. Seeds are best if scattered/planted now. Like many native plants ...

PETOSKEY, MI – Lauri Juday carries around little packets of common milkweed seeds and gives them to anyone who promises to plant them. That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed ...

"Last year, Project Milkweed distributed 779,601 seed packets across Tennessee," TDOT said in a release. "Plant species and seed material quantities are being offered like last year, with a ...

Wisconsin Public Radio Take a bow, milkweed. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has named milkweed its “Plant ...