The phone rang and a gardener in tearful hysteria was there pleading for me to take her monarch caterpillars, as she was totally out of milkweed leaves. At the time, we had quite a few plants ...

Pass by an empty plot, a piece of barren land, or a neglected garden, and chances are that you’ll spot this strange looking shrub. Its tall, down-covered stems bear large, grey-green leaves, and ...

Monarchs are always welcome visitors to the garden, but it is important to know your options for butterfly and caterpillar health. Milkweed is a flowering perennial that attracts monarch butterflies ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cuyahoga County Soil and Water Conservation District and districts statewide are participating in common milkweed seed collection, which runs through Oct. 31. The effort is ...

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Our Beautiful Blooms finally turned the page on Christmas cactus and we have received some interesting plants and flowers this week. Deb Hibdon of New Smyrna Beach sent in a ...

Most gardeners recognize milkweed immediately as a butterfly attracter, but there’s a complex community that revolves around this prolific plant that extends well beyond the monarch. Milkweed may ...

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Thousands of seeds are floating across fields this month, like tiny paratroopers dangling from silky parachutes. They're milkweed seeds, launched from ripe seed pods. If they land on target, new ...

For generations, farmers have despised milkweed and done their best to rid their lands of it. “I hate to have milkweed in my strawberry field,” Nathalie Leonard says from her farm by the Quebec ...

We are lucky here in Southwest Florida: We have a healthy year round butterfly population. Our butterfly population flourishes during the summer months due to our hot, tropical weather and — because ...

This image provided by Garden for Wildlife shows a monarch butterfly caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf. (Julie Richards/Garden for Wildlife via AP) (Julie Richards, Garden for Wildlife) A new ...