6. Balloon plant (Asclepias or Gomphocarpus physocarpus): This is a tropical, non-native annual milkweed grown as a garden curiosity, though monarchs feed on it. It is grown for its size — six ...

The inner pod and the seeds were certainly reminiscent of the other milkweed plants I’ve seen. And I learned that there’s an additional connection: The balloon plant attracts monarch ...

DONNA SAID SHE NOTICED OUT OF ALL OF THE MILKWEED PLANTS ONE ATTRACTED MORE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES THAN THE REST THE NON-NATIVE GOMPOCARPUS FISOCARPUS ALSO KNOWN AS BALLOON MILKWEED, BUT IT’S ALSO ...

Oliver Hernandez, of Overland, Kansas, poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of ...

All milkweed plants — tropical or native — are good for butterflies and other pollinators, right? For the most part, that’s true. However, there is much debate between policymakers and the ...

First graders in the Yuba County community of Oregon House are planting hope for monarch butterflies, one milkweed at a time.

In the past four months, I’ve become a loyal steward of narrow leaf milkweed. I've got other plants in my backyard, but none of them are as meticulously watched and cared for as this one.

Wisconsin Public Radio Take a bow, milkweed. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has named milkweed its “Plant ...

Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf. Across the ...

About a third of the yard looks like a teeny swath of prairie, with wild indigo, bee balm and, until recently, a key plant for monarch butterflies: common milkweed. Last fall, the city of Overland ...