While many plant this pretty flower with the best of intentions, it could backfire if it's not native to your region, disrupting the patterns of wildlife.

These flowers are gorgeous for you—and a feast for monarch butterflies.

Monarch season starts in earnest in the United States during the month of March, even though the whole migration doesn’t necessarily appear all at once. However, butterflies arriving from Mexico find ...

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 ...

Take a closer look at the insects you’ll spot on milkweed during a Minnesota summer — including some that help, some that ...

LOS ANGELES - March 21 is National Flower Day, and to celebrate, folks can plant some milkweed and start a pollinator garden to help the dwindling numbers of monarch butterflies. According to an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cottage gardens are both comforting and whimsical. And, if you add a host of bird species, they become pure magic. Here are ...

Milkweed has found a new strategy in its epic evolutionary battle with monarch butterflies: upgrading its toxins to ...