Milkweed seeds are tricky to grow. Learn how to save seeds from milkweed pods and when to plant milkweed seeds outside or ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

Just a few years ago, the eastern monarch was considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

Recommended Varieties: Lance-leaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) is an easy-to-grow variety that’s native to most of the ...

One butterfly comes so far, and then it will stop to reproduce, and then the offspring from that monarch will emerge from the ...

Then I buy those plants and plant them.” Milkweed, the preferred food of monarch butterflies, gets all the press but almost any flower is great, and lots of herbs as well. They don’t have to ...

The eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025, but the numbers remain far below the long-term average. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The population wintering in central ...