2. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): This will take wet soil, as its name suggests, though it doesn’t need it to flourish. Plants bloom later than butterfly milkweed, and the flowers are a ...

Milkweed is a flowering plant that is native to North America. It produces a milky sap, which is vital for some pollinators that rely on it to lay eggs and as a food source for their larvae.

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I’m not sure why no caterpillars developed on the purple milkweed plants. It could be that predators ate the eggs before they hatched or ate the small caterpillars just as they emerged from ...

In recent years, the monarch butterfly population has decreased by more than 80 percent.A lack of milkweed is one of the major causes of this decline, as the plant is the only food source for the ...

Milkweed is a lifeline for monarch butterflies because it provides food and, even more important, a place to reproduce. Milkweed plants are the only host plants for monarchs, meaning they're the ...

Since common milkweed is native to much of the US, your plants will not require much attention or care once established. Plant the little brown seeds in clusters in the fall, 1-2 inches deep.

Among the flowering plants that were popular among the citizen scientists: butterfly milkweed, spiderwort, black-eyed Susan, geranium, purple coneflower, common milkweed, phlox and daylily.