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 ...

Monarch Promise is a fun new selection of tropical milkweed that is very attractive to monarchs and is pretty in the garden. Its foliage colors are enhanced when grown in full sun. Gary R. Bachman MSU ...

Asclepias syriaca, known as common milkweed, is the plant usually associated with the name “milkweed.” But its presence in the wild has been steadily declining because of agricultural practices, ...

Plants of Asclepias perennis Watt. and A. tuberosa L. ssp. rolfsii are examined to determine structural characteristics of these species from different habitats. Some structural features in both ...

Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many different species and cultivars), Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to ...

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Have you ever noticed that some insects turn up in droves as soon as the growing season is under way while others are more elusive? For example, any gardener can have aphids and Japanese beetles, but ...

Responding to our April 17 story on butterfly gardens, a reader wanted to know about plants attractive to butterflies, but not to deer. Here's the followup: Hi, Gail - I live in deer country, too, so ...

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Disclaimer: Reference to products is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses. Any person using products listed in these articles assumes full ...

In the garden center this year, we are noticing a large number of people coming in to replace butterfly bushes that have bit the dust over the winter. I will always suggest a customer refrain from ...