Butterflies will appreciate the white and lavender blooms that will grow on each plant. This is a variety of milkweed that you'll want to grow in zones 4 to 7, which will result in plants that ...

After 600 seeded containers of six native milkweeds and three years of classes, here's where the Native Milkweed Project in ...

"Across the board ... everyone is on alert because that eastern population of monarchs has been dwindling by heavy percentages since the 1990s." The decline can be attributed, in part, to the loss of ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. The Tennessee Department of Transportation wants to change ...

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.

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

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 ...

OHIO, USA — The Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative (OPHI) is collecting milkweed pods due to the decline in the monarch butterfly population and its recent designation as an endangered species.

Planting flowering plants—but not tropical milkweed—along the migration path won't hurt and may provide a source of nectar for traveling butterflies. "One of the best things people can do to ...

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 Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the next few weeks offer a variety for everyone. Online registration ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is working to protect and enhance monarch habitat across the state. Maryland is home to 14 varieties of milkweed, a wild flower that serves as the ...