Butterfly milkweed has lots of ornamental appeal. This adaptable milkweed is hardy in many zones and was named the 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year.

When you plant a rain garden, you do your part for the environment, filtering runoff and protecting groundwater. Pick the ...

When looking for a bit larger plant that tolerates moist to wet and occasionally dry soils, check out red milkweed (Syriaca incarnata), also known as pink and swamp milkweed. You’ll enjoy the ...

“You can really make a difference to the local population. Any individual flower you put out it likely to get visited,” said Nick Dorian, a post-doctoral researcher at the Chicago Botanic Garden who ...

Herbs are good, if they’re allowed to flower, as are flowers like anise hyssop, purple coneflower and swamp milkweed. The nice thing is that butterflies want the same thing as humans.

Treating bright orange aphids on milkweed isn't always needed, but these monarch-safe methods can help. Bright orange milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) usually emerge toward the end of summer and feed ...