San Antonio classes teach gardeners to grow native milkweed, supporting monarch butterfly migration and population health.

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Butterfly fans, take a breath. I know it’s officially spring and we’re all pounding on nursery doors, anxious to plant some California native milkweed to help the endangered Western monarch ...

The disappearance of milkweed is leading to butterfly losses. One group wants to send out 300,000 plants to create monarch stations along the migration trail, where the butterflies can lay their eggs.

“Around the country, efforts are underway to plant milkweed in urban areas to support monarch populations. We know that aphids and similar insect pests commonly reach high densities on plants ...

Just a few months ago, Michael covered the initiative from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to help monarch butterflies by planting milkweed and other butterfly-friendly plants along the ...

The monarch butterfly can’t live without milkweed, often considered a nuisance plant. As the insect's numbers plummet, efforts to save them are underway.

Monarch butterfly populations are endangered, to the point that the 1.2 million Western monarchs counted in 1997 plummeted to fewer than 2,000 by 2020. Here are ways we can help them survive.

What do milkweed, monarchs, and a Buffalo park event have in common? The answer may surprise you—and inspire you.

A few days before Thanksgiving, I visited a master-gardener neighbor who has a beautiful landscape of hardy, water-wise native and adapted plants. Among them, 5-foot-tall Mexican milkweed plants ...

Milkweed, the monarch butterfly’s favorite plant There are many species of the plant Asclepias, some native and some non-native. Their common name is milkweed for the milky sap they produce.