Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden. It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a whole ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - The June plant of the month is a great perennial that is the Perennial of the Year for 2017, Butterfly weed. This a hardy plant that is drought resistant and does well in most ...

My first encounter with butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) occurred while hiking through a meadow at Gifford Pinchot State Park in northern York County. Mixed in with the native grasses were green, ...

Georgia Parkinson Hill is a horticulturist, garden designer, and owner of the native landscape design firm Beautyberry Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia. Why Are Butterfly Bushes Bad? In addition to ...

If you have harvested milkweed seeds from existing plants, the typical perennial varieties that need cold stratification include common milkweed, swamp milkweed, whorled milkweed, butterfly weed, and ...

Grow milkweeds for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Milkweed seeds require a cold, moist process called stratification in ...

Of all the perennials that sprouted up this spring, I was most pleased to see the butterfly weed. After a rough season last year, with deer keeping the plants eaten down to the ground, I wasn’t sure ...

With all the buzz about bees, butterflies and other pollinators, it’s not surprising the Perennial Plant Association has chosen the popular American native flower Asclepia tuberosa, better known as ...

If someone took 75% of your food away, you wouldn't be a happy camper. But when you grow invasive butterfly bushes and other plants that provide only nectar, that's what you're doing to birds and ...

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The Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society has launched an initiative to declare butterfly weed as the state’s official wildflower. Society members plan to spend the 2017 session walking ...