Planting the right kind of milkweed and pruning it properly can bring monarch butterflies to your yard and keep them healthy ...

Giant milkweed, Calotropis gigantea, is being added to local gardens as a host plant. This attractive large, shrubby member of the milkweed family is native to India and southern China and ...

OSU Extension Service experts answer questions about removing aphids, pruning fruit trees and whether to remove a messy maple.

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), the most widespread milkweed east of the Rocky Mountains, can colonize disturbed sites. But most of the more than 90 recognized North American species have a ...

Beware when growing milkweed of the small or common milkweed bug, Lygaeus kalmia. This very distinctive bug is bright orange and black and feeds on milkweed seeds when they are available.