You can support butterflies by doing these things: garden with natives and nectar plants; offer host plants; don’t use ...

Grow milkweeds for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Milkweed seeds require a cold, moist process called stratification in ...

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 ...

If you have harvested milkweed seeds from existing plants, the typical perennial varieties that need cold stratification ...

The population of essential milkweed plants has decreased over the past decades. Help restore their numbers by collecting ...

Every fall, we rush to clean up the garden, divide perennials, and tuck things in for winter. But this year, I want to challenge you to do something different. Something that could literally help save ...

As July sunlight pokes through the trees, a butterfly egg rests gently in Wojciech Poreba’s palm as he sifts through milkweed leaves at Hamlet Park in Cottage Grove. At age 25, Poreba has four years ...

Mayors or community leaders who take the pledge must commit to carrying out at least three of the 30 available actions listed ...

Support monarchs with native plants like goldenrod and aster. These fall bloomers fuel their 3,000-mile migration to Mexico.

Monarchs are heading to wintering grounds in Mexico. Save the dates for the 2026 monarch and milkweed classes with free ...

Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...

Creatures consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to stay alive.