URBANA, Ill. – With all the “buzz” about bees and butterflies, the Perennial Plant Association is celebrating a plant known for its ability to support birds and insects, including a beloved North ...

If your dream garden includes fluttering butterflies, butterfly weed can help bring it to life. With its bright orange blooms ...

Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees while adding color, fragrance and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden. It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a whole ...

In 2001, an ornamental grass was chosen as Perennial Plant of the Year (equivalent to winning the Horticulture Super Bowl) for the first time since the award’s inception in 1990, and I had a gardening ...

Question: I planted both tropical milkweed and asclepias tuberosa. Both are chlorotic and the native milkweed has brown upturned leaves. Could it possibly be too much water? Or what? Chlorosis is a ...

The plant most gardeners buy to save the monarch butterfly is quietly making things worse. Every spring, nurseries and ...