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 ...

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 ...

Although the relationship between the red milkweed beetle and milkweed plants has been studied for nearly 150 years, an Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station scientist joined colleagues at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...

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 ...

Provide the butterflies with warmth (a sunny spot), shelter (shrubs and trees) and nectar and butterflies will start to use your garden to feed and maybe even breed.

OHIO, USA — The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative (OPHI) is collecting milkweed pods due to the decline in the monarch butterfly population ... pods from established plants on their property ...