They’re from my first zizotes milkweed, a plant that grew barely more than 5 inches tall last summer ... He keeps his grown-out, mature plants in 8-by-4-foot "cages" to prevent queen butterflies ...

This plant, butterfly milkweed or Asclepias tuberosa, currently is in its full summer beauty. Butterfly milkweed is a native plant that is tough as nails in the garden. Since the plant is a native ...

As recent as the 1980s, the Western monarch population was estimated to be around 4.5 ... plant that does that. It’s called milkweed. Milkweed serves as the singular host plant for monarch ...

If you’ve ever wanted to create a home for a baby monarch butterfly, it’s the season ... One challenge is a lack of access to milkweed plants which is where they exclusively lay their eggs.

Watering gardens ... butterfly weed is one of the showiest milkweeds you can find and it’s a popular stopping spot for butterflies and bees. Queen butterflies and monarchs use this plant as ...

If you love monarch butterflies, you’re in luck: Spring gardening season unfolds just as these iconic ... rich plants for fuel, and one very specific plant in particular — milkweed — to ...

Horsetail milkweed (A. subverticillata) is another great plant for a pollinator garden. It thrives in poor soils and in sunny locations. Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) are our iconic Sonoran ...

THIS LITTLE PLANT RIGHT HERE Marty Powers Master Gardener ÷ Shiloh Museum "the absence of milkweed is the number ... ME WHILE MONARCHS ARE ONE THE MOST ICONIC BUTTERFLIES--THEY ARE ALSO IMPACTFUL ...

There are plant swaps and sales throughout the county. There are classes and events to make paper succulents, moon gardens ...