Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a perennial plant that serves as a vital host for monarch butterflies, offering food and shelter for monarch caterpillars. This fast-growing native plant can ...

We all know milkweed is good for butterflies – particularly monarchs – but did you know that there are different types?

Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf. Across the Midwest ...

Growing milkweed from seed is an easy way to make your garden a monarch landing zone.

Across the Midwest, some city codes threaten people with fines for having milkweed on their property. But experts say many places have dropped those rules to support monarchs with urban and suburban ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monarch butterfly on a pink milkweed bloom - Annie Otzen/Getty Images Milkweed, the common name of the genus Asclepias, is an ...

With the declining population of monarchs in the news so often these days, many home gardeners are choosing to add milkweed to their gardens to help support this beautiful butterfly. This is a ...

LISBON –If you plant them they will come. Milkweed, that is! Milkweed and Monarch butterflies have an essential connection because the monarchs only lay their eggs on the leaves of the milkweed plant.

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 ...