WANTED: Asclepias variegata seeds

Beautiful swamp milkweed makes it easy to help monarchs and other pollinators in eastern U.S. gardens

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Asclepias Sullivantii

Celebrate the pollinator community that flocks to this rare prairie native’s nectar and leaves

CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS Great Design Plant: Asclepias Is Attractive to Monarch Butterflies

By Debbie Ballentine

Increase monarch butterfly populations in California by planting stunning native milkweeds

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Asclepias Verticillata

Plant whorled milkweed in dry central and eastern U.S. gardens to attract monarch butterflies and other insect pollinators

GARDENING GUIDES Hummingbird or Moth? See Why You Want Clearwings Around

These fascinating moths may be helpful pollinators for your garden. Here’s how to coax them your way

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Butterfly Milkweed, a Beacon in the Prairie

Vivacious orange flowers for you, nectar for the butterflies and bees. Asclepias tuberosa is worth planting for more reasons than one

FLOWERS AND PLANTS Help Monarchs and Other Butterflies by Planting Common Milkweed

Summer-blooming Asclepias syriaca is an important larval host plant for the monarch butterfly and attracts a number of pollinating insects

GARDENING GUIDES Unleash Your Guerilla Gardener

Toss some seed bombs around the yard for easy, beneficial plantings

FALL GARDENING Be Your Own Wildflower Nursery

Gather seeds from your garden in fall, and you'll have a selection of plants for next year — without spending a dime

GARDENING GUIDES Texas Gardener's May Checklist

By J. Peterson Garden Design

Be especially water wise this month as you sow seeds, tend to your lawn and plant edibles, grasses and flowers