When artist Shawn Hall took a close look at the flowering plants in Crescent Park, she noticed something that made her curious. “I was looking at the milkweed and there was a monarch caterpillar on it ...

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

Milkweed is a drought-tolerant and deer-resistant perennial plant named for its milky latex sap. It is a great host plant for many beneficial insects including Monarch butterflies, bees, beetles and ...

As reported last week, zizotes, showy, antelope horn, green and butterfly weed native milkweeds all germinated well in the spring when seeded in containers. Unlike tropical milkweed, none of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many people are interested in helping monarch butterflies. The number of migratory western monarchs that return to their overwintering sites in coastal California fluctuate each year, according to the ...

The anecdotes abound this year — friends reporting magical clusters of monarch butterflies on their walks, dozens of organizations offering free giveaways of native milkweed and projects to restore ...

Elizabeth Blackstone of West End Nursery, left, chats with customer Ann Brenner of Ross while Brenner selects a pair of native milkweed plants at West End Nursery in San Rafael on Tuesday, Aug. 30, ...