The organization’s two swamp milkweed varieties – one with pink blooms and another with white – are one of the “bigger ...

Milkweed plants have been the bane of many farmers and ranchers, as they can be toxic to livestock and other animals. But milkweed plants are the sole source of food for monarch c ...

Type of Milkweed Scientific Name Description Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Common in the eastern United States, it features purplish-pink flowers with broad leaves. It grows along roadsides and in ...

The prostrate milkweed’s low and sprawling leaves and stem wilt during droughts. But the plant’s subterranean tuber stays alive and after soaking up moisture from occasional tropical storms sends up ...

According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat, milkweed, have declined by 90% since 1992. In June 2022, the International ...