Alina Hedman is the urban conservation education coordinator with the Minnehaha Conservation District. She sat down with ...

Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is one of the tamer milkweeds with lots of ornamental appeal. This adaptable milkweed is hardy in zones 3-10 and was named the 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year.

Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper said. The plants bloom orange, pink or white flowers in the spring. During the fall they release seeds attached to wispy white stems that catch the wind.

Mail-order milkweed seeds are frequently invasive species that continue to grow through the winter. And though it’s counterintuitive, year-round availability actually harms the greater monarch ...

COURTESY Mt. CUBA CENTER A common eastern bumblebee on blue vervain in the Bay Avenue Native Plant Garden in East Quogue. EDITH BRIDGE A Bembex wasp on swamp milkweed in the Bay Avenue Native ...