Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard ...

All milkweed plants — tropical or native — are good for butterflies and other pollinators, right? For the most part, that’s ...

Tropical milkweed types also host a parasite that infects and harms monarchs. To reduce these problems, cut back the plants ...

This plant, butterfly milkweed or Asclepias tuberosa, currently is in its full summer beauty. Butterfly milkweed is a native plant that is tough as nails in the garden. Since the plant is a native ...

The prostrate milkweed’s low and sprawling leaves and stem wilt during droughts. But the plant’s subterranean tuber stays alive and after soaking up moisture from occasional tropical storms sends up ...