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

A third of the food grown worldwide depends on insects and other animals for pollination, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

An Illinois gardener turned a patch of grass into a native plant masterpiece, and their yard is now the poster child for what's possible in even the smallest city spaces. A recent post in the ...

How to get started In an upcoming column, we’ll address how to create a native garden, where you can find native plants, how to plant and care for them, and what the best plants are to start with.

YARD AND GARDEN: Good soil is the foundation of successful gardening While you may be familiar with the common variety, there are more than 20 milkweed species native to Illinois.

Journey North's monarch migration map shows the closest sighting to Michigan was in Warrenville, Illinois, on April 6. Two more sightings were reported in Milford, Ohio, on April 20.

According to Grow Milkweed Plants, a company growing and selling milkweeds since 2013, here are 12 milkweeds native to Michigan: Butterfly Weed Clasping milkweed Common milkweed Green comet milkweed ...

A diversity of native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants will be for sale along with multiple milkweed species and a selection of plants for pollinators and wildlife at the Illinois Native Plant ...

Planting native milkweed is critical as it is the sole food source for monarch caterpillars. Adult monarchs feed on flower nectar and therefore creating diverse pollinator gardens is also essential.

It has the same great butterfly appeal and is hardy in zones four to seven. These are just a few of the more than 100 native milkweed species, many of which you may want to add to your gardens.

Bee balm, rattlesnake master, horsemint and Culver’s root are among the native plants in this garden that homeowner associations in Illinois can no longer ban. (Ron Frazier / Flickr Creative Commons) ...