ALEXANDRIA — The National Garden Bureau has named 2025 the Year of Asclepias (milkweed) — and for good reason. This resilient ...

It can be one of the last plants to emerge in the spring. Don’t give up. It will eventually come up, then quickly grow and set blooms. Butterfly milkweed begins flowering in June, and the ...

Not only do butterflies depend on a variety of nectar-rich plants ... butterfly species, most notably the wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae). There are also varieties with yellow or white ...