Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In recent years, the monarch butterfly population has decreased by ...

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 ...

Also known as oleander aphids, milkweed ... with the care they need. Most milkweed plants grow best in full sun, while common milkweed is happiest in well-draining soil, and swamp milkweed may ...

These underappreciated plants attract a “hungry throng ... As its common name implies, swamp milkweed (A. incarnata), with its distinctive magenta flowers on stems of up to about four feet ...

We have planted some milkweed in our native front yard garden, but those young plants do not have nearly ... such as the swamp milkweed and butterfly milkweed we have in our front garden.