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Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed ...
Ryan Pankau teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about milkweed Want to turn your yard into a butterfly haven? Planting ...
Maureen Dime’s magical garden in Del Mar has become a welcome spot for hundreds of monarch butterflies. Over the last 13 ...
Milkweed is beautiful, easy to grow, and necessary for butterflies to survive. Here's how to grow and care for milkweed the right way.
Description There are many species of Milkweed that grow in the Great Lakes region. The small five-​petalled flowers grow in ...
As I crisscross the county this summer to share environmental experiences with students, I can’t help but notice all of the ...
Walton blames the use of herbicides and pesticides for the decline in the monarch butterflies. If cattle eat milkweed, it can ...
Despite some conservationists’ concerns, UC Davis researchers show that tropical milkweed has minimal impact on California monarch butterflies’ migratory patterns.
But in an era of intense scrutiny and increasingly lean resources, utilities are challenged with how to successfully balance ...
So while planting a few milkweed plants in your garden won’t bring back the butterfly population on its own, it can certainly help offset butterflies’ ongoing habit loss—especially if you ...
Whoever keeps wiping out a healthy patch of wild milkweed on Thunder Bay’s outskirts needs to get up to speed on the crop’s ...