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Asclepias syriaca, known as common milkweed, is the plant usually associated with the name “milkweed.” But its presence in the wild has been steadily declining because of agricultural practices, ...

URBANA, Ill. – With all the “buzz” about bees and butterflies, the Perennial Plant Association is celebrating a plant known for its ability to support birds and insects, including a beloved North ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...

The native plant I am most excited about in my "unlawned" front yard this spring won’t be showing up in beauty pictures anytime soon. But one morning this week, I was elated to discover that the ...

Do you like to attract butterflies to your garden? There are a couple of ways to do this, with the best being to plant the host plants on which they lay their eggs. Another is to provide plenty of ...

Milkweeds are herbaceous plants in the genus Asclepias. There are over 140 species of milkweeds. In 1753, Carl Linneus named the plant after Asclepius, the Greek god of healing. Native Americans used ...

Monarch butterfly populations decreased drastically a few years ago, apparently because of severe cold weather on their migration route and particularly at their wintering site in Central Mexico.

Plants of Asclepias perennis Watt. and A. tuberosa L. ssp. rolfsii are examined to determine structural characteristics of these species from different habitats. Some structural features in both ...

An amazing thing is happening at Natureworks Organic Garden Center in Northford, CT this summer. The staff of Natureworks, led by “the crazy butterfly lady” Diane St. John, are collecting eggs, ...

Do you like to attract butterflies to your garden? There are a couple of ways to do this, with the best being to plant the host plants on which they lay their eggs. Another is to provide plenty of ...

A study was undertaken to ascertain whether or not there are distinct differences in floss properties among certain different pod types of Asclepias syriaca in Michigan. It was also desirable to know, ...