Jessie Munson propagates milkweed from seed, and Joellen Dimond talks about irises. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Lichterman Nature Center Plant Activities Coordinator ...

Q. Couple of years ago, I purchased some butterfly milkweed at Farmers Market in Chesapeake. I would like to spread the butterfly milkweed; does it go to seed? If so, when and how do I collect the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. From left, Biddeford High School seniors CeCe Whitten and Theresalynn ...

Most butterfly people fall hard for monarchs. With their wings like orange stained-glass windows, they’re the most charismatic of insects — the pandas of the insect world, endangered cuties whose ...

Monarchs are always welcome visitors to the garden, but it is important to know your options for butterfly and caterpillar health. Milkweed is a flowering perennial that attracts monarch butterflies ...

Before dawn on an October morning, a thick fog wends its way down the many trails of Maine’s Peaks Island, coating the trees and fields in a gray blanket. A man makes his way along the trails, peering ...

Barbara Keller-Willy remembers her reaction when fellow Texas gardeners told her that native milkweed, a plant essential for the survival of the monarch butterfly, was nearly impossible to grow: How ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

As I crisscross the county this summer to share environmental experiences with students, I can’t help but notice all of the stunning milkweed popping up on properties along the way.I watch in awe as ...