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The Perennial Plant Association has named butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), as its 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year. With much focus on pollinator habitat these days, butterfly milkweed is a ...

The designation Perennial Plant of the Year is awarded each year by the Perennial Plant Association to the perennial that outshines its competitors not only in appearance, but also in its noteworthy ...

The Perennial Plant Association has named the butterfly milkweed as its perennial plant of the year. The native North American wildflower has pods that are smooth, apple green and slender compared to ...

Typically, plants with taproots don't take division well. Milkweed ( Asclepias spp.), a North American native perennial, ...

Asclepias tuberose — butterfly weed — was hard to find last season, but just wait until garden centers open this spring. You’ll likely see a stampede for this popular native since the Perennial Plant ...

Yum, yum. Mac ‘n’ Cheese and Tomato Soup, the names for coneflowers, make you think of good things to eat. In reality they are because the butterflies in your garden will like sipping their nectar.

Comeflower is native throughout much of the South, and they're a low-maintenance, pollinator-friendly, and drought-tolerant ...

Horticulturist Mary Derrick knows her Northwest Florida butterflies. Butterfly names easily flow from her lips ... Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Gulf Fritillary, Cloudless Sulphur, Giant Swallowtail, ...

If you want monarch butterflies to flutter through your garden, you have to entice them with a tasty snack. ABOUT: Hardy in Zones 4 to 9, grows best in full sun, and well-drained soils. It’s drought ...