PETOSKEY, MI – Lauri Juday carries around little packets of common milkweed seeds and gives them to anyone who promises to plant them. That’s because monarch butterflies need native milkweed ...
The land all around is charred by fire. But here, there’s a sort of miracle at work. Native milkweed has sprung up and bloomed for the second time this year. This is not something these plants, ...
Beyond culinary pursuits, saving seeds from a milkweed plant specifically helps support the conservation of the monarch butterfly, imperiled because of a loss of habitat across its range.
Many readers have inquired about seeds and seedlings, let us dig in deeper with two questions. Q. I have been harvesting milkweed seeds for next year’s growth. Would you recommend planting the ...