Avoid growing non-native tropical milkweed. When you’re done reading ... Only 24 populations of this plant remain in South Texas and northern Mexico. Are monarch butterflies endangered?

It is time to gather more information on growing milkweeds in the Central Texas area ... seeded tropical milkweed plants and the transplant success to the results with the native milkweed plants.

Monarch butterflies are migrating through San Antonio, laying eggs on milkweed, while other species like the Gulf fritillary ...

Creating a garden sanctuary Milkweed is the perfect first plant ... Plant in a large container. A Texas native, this plant grows to 3 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide in partial shade to ...

The Native Plant Society of Texas defines native plants as “drought ... Hibiscus Martianus, Butterfly Weed (Milkweed), Cardinal Flower, Purple Coneflower, Coreopsis, Guara, Gulf Coast Penstemon ...

Buffelgrass displaces native plants and is very difficult to control ... including the prostrate milkweed and more than 35 others in Texas. The prostrate milkweed was the subject of a 2007 protection ...

Loss of milkweed (Asclepiadaceae) host plants in the spring and summer breeding habitat in the United States This research will result in a comprehensive report on the current status of native ...

While there are approximately 5,000 species of native plants in Texas ... stems possess clumps of white flowers which contain milkweed. Texas thistle: Purple spikes atop a two to six foot tall ...

However, the proposed law authored by Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock), would also classify several native plants and ...

Plant native milkweeds, but also plant a variety of nectar plants. Here are some of my favorites. If you want to learn more about the butterfly weed, tropical milkweed and the other milkweeds and ...