Why Gardners Love It. Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies—including monarchs, which ...

If you are growing a solid yellow milkweed, your plant could be a yellow flowering form of our native butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa. There is also Asclepias curassavica Silky Gold tropical ...

In garden centers, it is often labeled as butterfly weed. If you are growing a solid yellow milkweed, your plant could be a yellow flowering form of our native butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa.

Native plants play a critical role in our ecosystem for beneficial insects, birds, wildlife and important microorganisms living in and on the soil. Native perennials provide a range of flowers ...

You can sow milkweed seeds in fall or spring. Sowing indoors in spring means you have to stratify seeds, to give them a ...

This ground cover's leaves act as a home for butterfly larvae, while its flowers feed the adults. As a bonus, it will outcompete weeds and keep them at bay.

Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies—including monarchs, which rely on milkweeds as larval host plants.

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 ...