Milkweed is a gorgeous native North American species that has multiple benefits for your garden, as well as a special relationship with the vulnerable monarch butterfly. That's because milkweed ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus ... and southern Canada) Loss of milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) host plants in the spring and summer ...

I have been harvesting milkweed seeds for next year’s growth. Would you recommend planting the seeds now to sprout in the ...

Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant on which monarchs will lay eggs and eat. Milkweed also provides a food source for many other pollinators.

Learn more › Butterflies, like bees ... Examples of such plants include zinnias, coneflowers, and milkweed. Montgomery explains, “Double-flowering varieties make it difficult or impossible ...

The majority of the milkweed (asperula) was found in the Edward's Plateau and Cross-timbers. The lowest number of milkweed was in the South Texas Plains. We are evaluating the relationship between ...

Monarch butterflies are facing habitat loss and environmental challenges, but milkweed plants are essential for their survival. Different species of milkweed thrive in various environments, so choose ...

Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire genome of the ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat ...

Scientists have learned that Monarch butterflies flying through Maryland, on their migration to Mexico, are not getting ...