These pests are worst in the spring—around the time daffodils and lilies bloom. Common milkweed is one of the best flowers for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. (Find out more things you ...

With so many to choose from, select the milkweed that is best suited to the growing conditions, your landscape design and ...

While milkweed is generally hardy, it can attract pests such as aphids. Instead of resorting to chemical pesticides, which ...

Join the City of Hickory and the Community Appearance Commission as they celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day at the fourth annual Green Fest. On Saturday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., this event ...

Monarch butterfly have arrived in Oklahoma – the first stop for the famous orange and black beauty migrating from Mexico, where they lay their eggs on the bottom of milkweed leaves. The monarch is the ...

Buffelgrass displaces native plants and is very difficult to control. Under natural conditions the prostrate milkweed is thought to be able to persist at low densities. It produces so much nectar that ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, fragile traveler.