and showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa). These plants perform many different functions like fixing nitrogen in the soil to support plant growth, providing food for wildlife, and attracting ...

As the name implies, showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) produces showy pink-and-white clusters of blooms from early to late summer. "A close relative of common milkweed, this is an essential ...

Not all milkweeds are beneficial. Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) can host a parasite harmful to monarch butterflies, disrupting their natural migration and breeding cycles. To support ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/3496715 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/3496715 The relative responses of Diabrotica speciosa (Ger.) and Cerotoma arcuata tingomariana ...

The Eastern United States (U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zones 3 through 7) only has one native hummingbird, ...

I recently discovered a plant buried underneath a shrub on my hillside. It survived these last three years in a small clay pot that was only half-filled with soil! The plant was not in very good shape ...