Despite some conservationists’ concerns, UC Davis researchers show that tropical milkweed has minimal impact on California monarch butterflies’ migratory patterns.

Why Gardners Love It. Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies—including monarchs, which ...

However, it is the monarch butterfly juvenile, the caterpillar ... Aside from monarch, the most common name is milkweed butterfly due to their dependence on the plant. Other names include tiger ...

However, it is the monarch butterfly juvenile, the caterpillar ... Aside from monarch, the most common name is milkweed butterfly due to their dependence on the plant. Other names include tiger ...

But Mackinac State Historic Parks personnel planted about 400,000 common milkweed plant seeds at the east end of Mackinac Island State Park airport in November, seeking to create crucial habitat ...

This year among the chosen is Asclepias or milkweed. The genus name is derived from Asclephius, the Greek god of healing. The common name of Milkweed is due to the milky substance it exudes and ...

It grows best in full sun with moist soil and is less aggressive than common milkweed. Grow this milkweed in sunny mixed borders, natural gardens, rain gardens and alongside ponds. And best of all ...

It grows best in full sun with moist soil and is less aggressive than common milkweed. Grow this milkweed in sunny mixed borders, natural gardens, rain gardens, and alongside ponds. And best of ...

Another plus of growing either swamp milkweed or butterfly weed is that, unlike common milkweed, neither needs a period of cold stratification to break dormancy—they are ready to grow.

OPHI is seeking public participation in collecting and dropping off mature common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) seed pods at collection stations around the state. The collected seeds will be used ...