So, is milkweed an unwanted plant or does it have many virtues? There are about 200 species of milkweed around the world, 140 in North and South America, and seven native to Pennsylvania.

You can often smell its lovely fragrance before you see it. Common milkweed is a native perennial plant in the milkweed family. It commonly grows in sunny areas and ditches and is a primary part of ...

This is a perennial weed, reproducing by seeds and underground rootstocks ... The leaves of this weed provide food for monarch butterfly larvae. Common milkweed does not tolerate excessive moisture.

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a native, perennial herbaceous plant in the milkweed family. It commonly grows in sunny areas and ditches and is a primary part of the monarch butterfly’s diet.

DSV is a perennial plant and grows from its well-established root system each spring, making it even harder to control. Dog-strangling vine has yellow-green seed pods that begin to appear as early as ...

Gardeners can counteract both of these problems. The orange milkweed is the only host plant for monarch caterpillars in the Plains states. Seeds can be ordered online and refrigerated for about 30 ...

Learn how to grow the essential host plant for monarchs. Thirteen native species of milkweed are found across Canada. This fall, try incorporating milkweed into your garden to help native pollinators.

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the prostrate milkweed as endangered. Only 24 populations of the plant survive, in south Texas and northern Mexico, where ...