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 ...

“We are but small butterflies in the garden of life.” – Carston D. Roach.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Butterfly weed's open and closed orange blooms in the sun - Mckinnemike/Getty Images When it comes to butterflies in the garden, ...

There are many easy flowering perennials that you don't have to fertilize. Make life easy and fill your garden with plants ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photograph: Michael Stewart, Uli Lorimer/Brooklyn Botanical Garden (Photograph: Michael Stewart, Uli Lorimer/Brooklyn Botanical ...

Monarch butterflies require milkweed plants as egg-laying sites, but they also migrate long distances every spring and fall, and the route from Mexico to Canada passes through the San Antonio area.

Monarch butterflies only lay their eggs on milkweed, which has a chemical structure that makes the caterpillars that eat it taste bitter and discourages most predators from eating them. There are six ...

A zebra swallowtail butterfly feeds on the nectar of a butterfly weed plant at the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center near Williamstown recently. (Photo provided by Grace ...