Each year the National Garden Bureau chooses plants of the year. I always look forward to which plants they pick and learning ...

Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillate) has thin grass-like leaves that grow in a spiral pattern around the stem. Small flat-topped clusters of dainty white flowers bloom from May to September.

Adolf Fact checked by Emily Estep Butterfly weed is a milkweed plant that attracts butterflies to the garden with its ...

Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants as egg-laying sites ... It is considered “odd” because the bloom stalks flare out ...

The prostrate milkweed’s low and sprawling leaves and stem wilt during droughts. But the plant’s subterranean tuber stays alive and after soaking up moisture from occasional tropical storms sends up ...

Each year the National Garden Bureau chooses plants of the year. I always look forward to which plants they pick and learning ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, fragile traveler.

Milkweeds got their name from the milky sap that leaks from their leaves or stem, Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper said. The plants bloom orange, pink or white flowers in the spring. During the ...