Butterfly weed is a perfect milkweed variety for flower gardens. Here's why you should add this monarch host plant to your ...

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden. It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a whole ...

Learn facts about the monarch butterfly, including how how to tell male and female monarchs apart and if monarchs are ...

Butterfly weed (also called butterfly milkweed) is a pretty, low-maintenance perennial. Here are tips on where and how to plant it from horticulturists at Iowa State University in Ames. Q: What would ...

Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants as egg-laying sites, but they also migrate long distances every spring and fall, and the route from Mexico to Canada passes through the San Antonio area.

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...

A zebra swallowtail butterfly feeds on the nectar of a butterfly weed plant at the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center near Williamstown recently. (Photo provided by Grace ...