A large crop of butterfly weed that could take over the garden - Kristine Rad/Shutterstock Even though butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is native to the U.S. and attracts pollinators, it does come ...

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden. It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a whole ...

Butterfly weed (also called butterfly milkweed) is a pretty, low-maintenance perennial. Here are tips on where and how to plant it from horticulturists at Iowa State University in Ames. Q: What would ...

Dear Master Gardener: My friend wanted to collect the “orange seeds” from my Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) to see if he could start some new plants. I told him those were the fallen petals — the ...

The pods should be placed in a paper bag and stored a dry place before being dropped off. The bags should also be marked with the county where they were collected. Lininger said that’s to better ...