“I collected some dried pods from common milkweed last year. What’s the best way and time to plant the seeds from the milkweed pods?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Judy Roberts. Horticulture expert ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...

There is good news about the monarch butterfly migration this year. It looks like the number of butterflies that made it to their overwintering grounds in Mexico has nearly doubled compared to last ...

Take a closer look at the insects you’ll spot on milkweed during a Minnesota summer — including some that help, some that ...