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 ...

Each summer, monarch butterflies begin an extraordinary journey. They travel 3,000 miles across parts of the U.S. and Canada all the way to central Mexico. Undeniably, an impressive feat, and one of ...

Milkweed is the perfect plant for butterfly enthusiasts who want to attract monarch butterflies. When a female monarch discovers the milkweed, she lays her eggs on it. Once the eggs hatch, the small ...

Support the monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees while adding color, fragrance and beauty to your landscape by growing milkweed. The monarch caterpillars only feed on the leaves of milkweed and ...

DEAR JOAN: I’m confused and frustrated. Three or four years ago I bought a milkweed plant at a local nursery with the hope of attracting monarch butterflies. It worked and the plant turned out to be ...

A 12-year-old Dartmouth, N.S., girl is growing and giving away hundreds of milkweed plants so endangered monarch butterflies have somewhere safe to land. Vanessa Burchill's quest to save the ...

Also known as oleander aphids, milkweed aphids are not native to North America; they originated in the Mediterranean region. In their native land, these aphids primarily fed on oleander plants, but in ...

I agree with the recent letter writer who emphasized the importance of growing milkweed at least 5-10 miles from the monarch’s overwintering sites. My column provides a link to guidelines that makes ...