Worried about common milkweed taking over your garden? Swamp milkweed, or red milkweed, is less aggressive but good for monarchs.

What Kind of Soil and Care is Necessary for Milkweed Plants? Since common milkweed is native to much of the US, your plants will not require much attention or care once established. Plant the ...

Non-natives can also out-compete native plants that support the ... Another plus of growing either swamp milkweed or butterfly weed is that, unlike common milkweed, neither needs a period of ...

As I take my daily walk I stop to observe what caterpillars are munching away on my plants and try to identify the ...

"Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants and, when the caterpillar ... Dykehouse planted about five pounds of common milkweed seeds -- a species native to the island -- over more than 5 acres ...

If Red and Common Milkweed are ingested ... TDOT encourages everyone to: Plant a mixture of native plants. Reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides. Plant milkweed to support monarch butterflies.

Grow milkweed ... in the garden or plant some spring flowering bulbs nearby to avoid accidentally digging up this late-to-emerge perennial. There are 11 species of milkweed native to Michigan ...

But although the common milkweed and other related species that ... sustain important and native insects and animal life. Non-native plants and trees can be destructive to native habitats and ...