California poppies will close their vivid orange blooms at night or in cloudy weather. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a hardy perennial with bright flat-topped clusters of orange ...

find out if milkweed is poisonous to people and pets. Though monarchs are the most well known, two other orange-and-black butterflies in the United States also use milkweed as a host plant ...

Central New York is set to welcome a remarkable natural event this spring as millions of monarch butterflies begin their ...

Two big culprits for this are nonnative milkweeds leading to parasites and monarch butterflies raised in captivity and released without the necessary migratory skills. The State Botanical Garden of ...

Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa ... and nearly three dozen other beneficial insects. You’ll enjoy the orange blossoms in meadow, prairie and even semi-formal gardens.

The monarch butterfly population has declined ... Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper said. The plants bloom orange, pink or white flowers in the spring. During the fall they release seeds attached ...