Changing and falling leaves are a sure sign of fall, and so are milkweed seed pods starting to dry out in preparation of being harvested. Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies ...

In addition to swamp and butterfly milkweed, I have other native seeds that require 30 days of cold stratification, like lanceleaf coreopsis and Joe Pye weed, that I put in the refrigerator—this ...

The easiest method of getting milkweed seeds for your monarch butterfly garden is to find it locally, either through buying or trading seed from a local source, or by gathering seeds from nearby ...

The striking orange-and-black monarchs, known for their remarkable migration to and from Mexico each year, only lay their eggs in milkweed plants, of which there are many types in the United States.

How to Plant Milkweed Seeds. If you get milkweed seeds for your garden, you can start them indoors in early spring. Growing the plants inside for a few months gives them extra time to mature ...

"Milkweed pods ripen in the fall this time of year. You can see on this plant here we've got some ripe pods ready to go. The time is really now to get out and collect these because within a week ...

The milkweed plant in my backyard exploded today sending all its seeds high into the air via wispy hair-like pods that reminded me of Albert Einstein. (Photo by Chris Granger, NOLA.com | The Times ...

Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed plants so the larvae have a food source once they hatch. The Ohio Department of Transportation is helping to collect milkweed seed pods, with the ...

Illinois needs to plant milkweed, and a lot of it, over the next 18 years to ensure the state’s official insects, monarch butterflies, survive.

Become familiar with common milkweed to avoid harvesting pods from similar plants such as hemp dogbane and swamp milkweed. Pods will appear slightly gray, begin to dry and have brown seeds inside.

WILLMAR--The monarch butterfly is a welcome summer visitor to Minnesota, but in the past few years the butterfly population has suffered severe setbacks. Weather, lack of habitat in its wintering ...

Long before humans invented drones, Mother Nature had already created the perfect air-delivery method. I witnessed it this week when the fat pods on the milkweed plant in my backyard exploded in ...