Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed ...

Maureen Dime’s magical garden in Del Mar has become a welcome spot for hundreds of monarch butterflies. Over the last 13 ...

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

Both the milkweed tussock and the monarch caterpillars eat the cardiac glycoside-laden milky sap of milkweed and have evolved mechanisms to retain those toxins in their bodies after metamorphosing ...

Walton blames the use of herbicides and pesticides for the decline in the monarch butterflies. If cattle eat milkweed, it can ...

Description There are many species of Milkweed that grow in the Great Lakes region. The small five-​petalled flowers grow in ...

Jeff Wallitsch, of Wallitsch Gardens, said now is a great time to get started because June is pollinator month.

Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and ...

Milkweed is beautiful, easy to grow, and necessary for butterflies to survive. Here's how to grow and care for milkweed the right way.

By the way, though a lot of folks still cling to piling dusts on top of plants, liquid sprays on undersides of leaves nearly ...