The phone rang and a gardener in tearful hysteria was there pleading for me to take her monarch caterpillars, as she was totally out of milkweed leaves. At the time, we had quite a few plants ...

Pass by an empty plot, a piece of barren land, or a neglected garden, and chances are that you’ll spot this strange looking shrub. Its tall, down-covered stems bear large, grey-green leaves, and ...

The phone rang, and a gardener in tearful hysteria was there pleading for me to take her monarch caterpillars as she was totally out of milkweed leaves. At the time we had quite a few plants ...

Thousands of seeds are floating across fields this month, like tiny paratroopers dangling from silky parachutes. They're milkweed seeds, launched from ripe seed pods. If they land on target, new ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cuyahoga County Soil and Water Conservation District and districts statewide are participating in common milkweed seed collection, which runs through Oct. 31. The effort is ...

Most gardeners recognize milkweed immediately as a butterfly attracter, but there’s a complex community that revolves around this prolific plant that extends well beyond the monarch. Milkweed may ...

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Our Beautiful Blooms finally turned the page on Christmas cactus and we have received some interesting plants and flowers this week. Deb Hibdon of New Smyrna Beach sent in a ...

Jackie Minett is a tour guide at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, dubbed the “butterfly capital of the world.” She leads children and seniors, some tourists, some Floridians, around the gardens to ...

Kay MacNeil, of Frankfort, describes herself as “a seriously deranged lover of caterpillars and butterflies.” As a child, she came down with a terrible rash on her arms. Her family physician ...

The 2025 north through San Antonio migration of the monarch butterflies is over, and again this year, there did not seem to be much action. There were some migrating butterflies that visited nectar ...

We are lucky here in Southwest Florida: We have a healthy year round butterfly population. Our butterfly population flourishes during the summer months due to our hot, tropical weather and — because ...