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Worried about common milkweed taking over your garden? Swamp milkweed, or red milkweed, is less aggressive but good for ...

Asclepias, also known as milkweed, is a great addition to any garden, and 2025 has been declared the Year of the Asclepias.

Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual migrations, but not all migrate. In recent years, more and more monarchs have ...

Perhaps hungry planthoppers will keep the invasive elephant ear plant population from growing out of control. Wild milkweed can be dangerous for humans and some animals, but it’s an essential plant ...

Milkweed is essential for monarch breeding and reproduction. Female monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed leaves, and the plant serves as the only food source for newly-hatched caterpillars. Monarch ...

Native plants can get by with just the natural rainfall in your area, and they rarely need special care, either. "Since planting, we have seen several new varieties of swallowtails, monarchs (there's ...

Junior Alvaro Mejias, the club’s president, launched a pico balloon with a transmitter attached from the school’s football field on May 6 as approximately 30 students watched. The balloon, made of ...

CHICAGO — WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to get rid of Muscari, how to harvest milkweed seeds and more. Got any questions for Tim?

The last five decades have not been good to insects. During this 50-year period, pesticide use and climate change have shrunk insect populations by roughly 75%. Monarch butterflies, one of the world’s ...