Common milkweed provides nectar for butterflies, and is the only food source for monarch caterpillars, but is it right for ...

Steven Fulton started out offering milkweed plants to support the endangered Western Monarch population. Today his Santa ...

Tending the monarchs was more complex. Since the 1990s, Monarch butterfly populations have been in decline, experiencing an ...

Winfield, Kansas, puts common milkweed on its list of “rank” plants that harbor rats and insects, pose fire risks or blight neighborhoods. Sometimes, city codes hinge on context.

After the bumblebee exits the flower, it begins to binge eat on other closed gentians. By his gluttony he benefits the closed ...

My search for seeds for common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) the species that Harold had purchased, turned up three sources in Pennsylvania.

Unfortunately, common milkweed has been declining as well, said Amy Roskilly, conservation education and communications manager at the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District.

Most milkweed plants grow best in full sun, while common milkweed is happiest in well-draining soil, and swamp milkweed may become stressed and prone to aphids if it’s not grown in moist earth.

Looking at 450 small urban gardens, researchers found more monarch eggs when there was common milkweed and milkweed that was at least 5 years old. Skip to content. All Sections.