If you are planting milkweed to attract monarch butterflies, you are already ahead of the game. But even the most well-meaning gardeners can make critical mistakes when planting milkweed that may send ...

It's spring. When planning your garden, consider planting native milkweed.

Yes, we have monarch butterflies in the Inland Northwest, but they aren’t common. Monarch butterflies are an iconic representative for pollinator conservation. Much has been written about preserving ...

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Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

Every spring, gardeners wait for a familiar flash of orange wings to glide into their yards. Monarch butterflies, the symbols of transformation and endurance, have long enchanted both scientists and ...

All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...

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.

A large group of gardeners and organizations are working on determining how best to grow native milkweed in the San Antonio area to help increase the population of monarch butterflies. Following is ...

Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...