Worried about common milkweed taking over your garden? Swamp milkweed, or red milkweed, is less aggressive but good for ...

“I collected some dried pods from common milkweed last year. What’s the best way and time to plant the seeds from the milkweed pods?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Judy Roberts. Horticulture ...

Female monarchs exclusively lay their eggs on milkweed, and, as mentioned above, it's the only thing caterpillars will eat. A ...

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

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to ...

It’s hardy in zones three to nine plus red milkweed grows 3-5 feet tall in upright clumps. The flowers are followed by narrow pods that release silky-haired seeds like other milkweeds.

Milkweed is their host plant. Close up video of a monarch butterfly caterpillar eating a milkweed pod Larval caterpillar of a monarch butterfly actively eating the green pod of a milkweed plant, with ...