Some species are more suited than others to act as host plants for specific insects. If you are looking to attract the endangered monarch butterfly, only 30 milkweed species are used by them regularly ...

While you can grow tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica ... If you want to reap the benefits of growing a milkweed plant in your butterfly garden, consider all the facts.

DM / Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 Milkweed is famously the host plant for the monarch butterfly, but it also attracts plenty of other butterfly species, as well as beneficial predators. Its asclepias family ...

This past week the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife revisited the situation of the monarch butterfly. In the ...

One of the most beloved species of nature lovers in the Twin Tiers — the monarch butterfly — has received support from the ...

“Providing monarchs with enough milkweed and nectar plants, even in small areas, can help put them on the road to recovery.

Federal wildlife authorities recently announced a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species.

This is a stunning plant for hanging baskets, window boxes, containers or in a rock garden; it attracts bees and other ...

Photo Credit: Wackybadger / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Butterfly weed, or Asclepias tuberosa, is a medium-sized plant that starts off as slender stalks but becomes bushier as it matures. It ...