Milkweed plants purchased at retail nurseries across the United States were contaminated with pesticides harmful to monarch caterpillars that rely on milkweed, a study led by researchers at the ...

MARIN CO., Calif. (BCN) — Agriculture officials in Marin County banned the sale of non-native tropical milkweed this week, according to the county agriculture commission. An Aug. 24 memo from the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I plant milkweed for monarch butterflies. A friend recently told me ...

Every spring, gardeners wait for a familiar flash of orange wings to glide into their yards. Monarch butterflies, the symbols of transformation and endurance, have long enchanted both scientists and ...

Q. All of my milkweed plants have started turning yellow and wilting, then they die. I think it is swamp milkweed; it does come back every year. I have raised monarchs for years and never had this ...

Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat leaves from the milkweed genus, Asclepias spp., so it’s critical for those butterflies that we try to grow as many of these plants as we can. Collecting ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Conservation organizations across the United States plant milkweed to combat the loss of monarch butterflies, whose populations have declined around 90 percent in the last two ...

LANSING, MI – Milkweed is not a weed. Milkweed is a native plant and a keystone species critical for the survival of the beloved monarch butterfly, another keystone species crucial for its pollinator ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — June 16 kicks off National Pollinator Week and the Tennessee Department of Transportation wants to help restore and preserve habitats of Monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s National Pollinator Week, which marks the return of Project Milkweed and hopefully the return of more Monarch butterflies as they make their way across the country. Last ...