Milkweed is vital for monarch butterflies, serving as the only plant for laying eggs and feeding caterpillars. Five of Wisconsin's 13 native milkweed species are listed as endangered, threatened ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced on Wednesday that milkweed is the Rare Plant Monitoring Program's 2025 Plant of the Year. The DNR encouraged people to keep ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has declared milkweed as the department's Rare Plant Monitoring Program's 2025 Plant of the Year on Wednesday, encouraging ...

I think they are honey vine milkweed, a friend insists it is bindweed. How do I tell which I have? Do I want honey vine in my native beds or not? Identification of these particular vines can be ...

MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has named milkweed the 2025 Plant of the Year through its Rare Plant Monitoring Program. The announcement was made Wednesday ...

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?

Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on only one genus of plants: milkweed. Their larvae grow into caterpillars by consuming the milky juices in this plant’s leaves, thus their common name: milkweed ...

Recently I’ve seen a few monarch butterflies, and soon the common milkweed plants that grow all over our native habitat area will be blooming. Milkweed is the monarchs’ host plant. And one day ...

You're on a hike and spot a wildflower: Stop right there. Picking that pretty flower you spot on the trail could damage or even kill the plant you leave behind. And if it's one of Canada's ...

The DNR has announced milkweed as the Rare Plant Monitoring Program’s 2025 Plant of the Year. They encourage planting milkweed to help monarchs. Milkweed is an important plant for monarch butterflies ...