MINNEAPOLIS - We gave away around 11,000 seed packets of Rose Milkweed seeds in the last week with the help of Bachman's and Prairie Moon Nursery. Now how to plant them? The best way to have success ...

Oklahoma experts say planting milkweed, native flowers and maintaining pesticide-free gardens can create vital habitats for ...

Want to draw even more butterflies to your milkweed plants? Start by harvesting your own seeds and planting them for endless plants and blooms.

If you’ve ever wanted to create a home for a baby monarch butterfly, it’s the season to plant in South Carolina. Residents who want to attract monarch butterflies in their yard and give them a place ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat, milkweed, ...

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

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CHICAGO — WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to get rid of Muscari, how to harvest milkweed seeds and more. Got any questions for Tim? Reach out ...

When Lorraine Kells first came upon two sprawling Chicago Park District flower beds near Diversey Harbor, she saw weeds and cigarette butts. But eight years later, a dazzling array of wildflowers ...

A: Zinnias are a great choice for seed saving, especially if you are up for some surprises and not too particular about what ...

Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable butterflies in North America. But they're in trouble. Monarch caterpillars can only eat the leaves of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― This insidious vine can wind around patio furniture, cover other plants or even an entire bush within days or appear out of the blue sticking straight up in your lawn. If it has ...