Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a perennial that is a species of milkweed. It flowers from midsummer to early fall, followed by seed pods that can provide food for insects and wildlife later in ...

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden. It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a whole ...

Wildflowers have had a special place in my heart since my childhood days. There was a field between our house and the church that I loved to walk through, especially in the spring. It brings back ...

My first encounter with butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) occurred while hiking through a meadow at Gifford Pinchot State Park in northern York County. Mixed in with the native grasses were green, ...

Asclepias tuberose — butterfly weed — was hard to find last season, but just wait until garden centers open this spring. You’ll likely see a stampede for this popular native since the Perennial Plant ...

“Few if any of our native plants add more to the beauty of the midsummer landscape than the milkweeds, and of this family no member is more satisfying to the … eye than the gorgeous butterfly-weed, ...

Drive along nearly any country road bordered by grassy fields and unmowed roadsides in Georgia now, and you’re apt to spy the tall, brilliant orange blooms of one of Georgia’s most beautiful summer ...

I have tried to grow Butterfly weed from seed the last couple of years without any success. I let the seed pods pop open and then cover the seeds with mulch but I have not had any luck with them ...

Every butterfly gardener delights when showy swallowtail butterflies make an appearance. These butterflies are some of the largest in the garden, and their colorful wings and soaring flight patterns ...

A. Milkweed or butterfly weed (Asclepias spp.), which produces flattened clusters of star-shaped blooms for months, is a nectar plant for several butterflies and a larval food plant for monarch ...

Q. There are half-inch bugs with orange and black bodies and black legs mostly on my butterfly weed but sometimes on other plants. Are they good to have or should I try to get rid of them? I haven't ...