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.

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 can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

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.

Milkweed plants have pairs of leaves on short petioles (leaf stems) that extend opposite each other from the single hairy stem. Leaves are large and oval, approximately 6 inches long and are borne ...

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.

A milkweed plant in November. Note the fluffy seeds emerging from the pods. ... I find there are three that stand out, all with purple flowers: thistles, fireweeds and milkweeds.

Except for the milkweed tussock moth, these insects generally don’t cause too much harm to milkweeds, especially if you have a good number of plants in your patch to support a feeding population.