These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

If you want to reap the benefits of growing a milkweed plant in your butterfly garden, consider all the facts. Ask yourself what type of soil, lighting, and drainage your current site features.

The peak of the spring monarch butterfly migration in Texas typically occurs from late March to early April. See where on ...

With so many to choose from, select the milkweed that is best suited to the growing conditions, your landscape design and ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...

“It is exciting to have evidence for the importance of top-down influences from predators.” Scientists have long known that milkweed cardenolides, which in most animals disable a vital ...

People can help monarch butterflies by planting milkweed, their primary food source, and creating butterfly-friendly habitats. Monarch butterflies typically live for a few weeks, except for the ...

We ask for donations from the public, and in return, we give out five different species of milkweed and about eight other nectaring butterfly plants,” says Orley “Chip” Taylor, KU professor ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to ...

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