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- All About Growing the Showy MilkweedA perennial, the showy milkweed is the least toxic of all the milkweed plants.
- All About Growing the Spider MilkweedAlso known as Green-flowered milkweed, Spider antelope-horns, and Asclepias asperula, the Spider Milkweed is native to the United States.
- Native Wildflowers that Need Acidic SoilIf you've an acidic soil garden area or landscape and need those plants that won't wither, these are good native plant choices for you.
Monarchs and MilkweedsIf you love butterflies, and would like more to visit your garden area, then milkweeds are the answer. Monarch butterflies eat the nectar from the milkweed plants and their young eat the milkweed leaves.- Health Benefits of MilkweedThe health benefits of milkweed have been known to humans from times past. Of late, its use has come down due to the popularity of another milkweed, the butterfly weed.
- Creating a Monarch Butterfly Habitat: Got Milkweed?Choose native milkweeds when creating a habitat for monarch butterflies. Which native nectar plants benefit the pretty black and orange butterfly that is suffering with a loss of habitat and what harmful plant can trick the monarch.
- Creating a Butterfly GardenGrowing milkweeds can create an ideal butterfly garden. It also helps to insure the survival of the Monarch butterfly.
Monarch Butterflies and Humans Both Utilize Milkweed's Medical PropertiesMonarch butterflies seek out the medical properties of milkweed. Researchers have also been conducting research into this medical herb especially in the use for liver inflammation due to chemotherapy treatments.
Milkweed for Your Florida Butterfly GardenScarlet milkweed draws not just monarchs but Baltimore Orioles, Eastern Black Swallowtail, and beautiful hummingbirds. Here are 10 things you need to know about growing Scarlet milkweed in your butterly garden.- The Electric Chair by Lama Milkweed Augustine, PhDLama Milkweed shares newspaper, letters, and other documents and stories of those who have received the death penalty of the Electric Chair and/or gas chamber.
How to Tell Milkweed from Dogbane when ForagingThe ability to distinguish these two closely-related plants ensures your success when foraging for food and cordage.- Milkweeds, an OverviewA discussion on milkweeds common to the Southern Appalachians and some simple ideas for their use.
Two Wild Edible PlantsTwo wild edible plants, pigweed and milkweed, provide an opportunity to try something new for supper.- Book Review: The Lady of Milkweed Manor by Julie KlassenA review of the debut novel by Julie Klassen.
The Common Milkweed: Fascinating and Useful PossibilitiesFascinating possibilities exist for the Common Milkweed, and doubtless all the other varieties, which are ordinarily considered a mere weed!- Plants that Are Poisonous to RabbitsHundreds of plants can be potentially fatal if consumed by your rabbit. Familiarize yourself with these common plants before allowing your rabbit to roam outdoors.
- The Best Butterfly Garden MilkweedsFour examples of good milkweed varieties for any butterfly garden setting.
- American Plants that Are EndangeredPlants sometimes adapt to very specific environmental conditions. Therefore, they have a good chance of becoming extinct if these conditions are upset.
