Bear Mountain Milkweed (Asclepias scaposa) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the state of Texas in the United States. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and Monarch (Danaus plexippus)…
Why do we systematically overlook the low-growing, dusty specialists that hold our most fragile ecosystems together in favor of tall, showy garden exotics? Is our horticultural collective so blinded by vertical scale that we fail…
The Henry’s Elfin is a brown colored butterfly in the Gossamer Wing Family (Lycaenidae). This butterfly flies in the midwest and eastern United States and in southern Canada from Manitoba to Nova Scotia from March…
Maple-leaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) is a shrub that is native to the south-central, mid-west, and eastern United States, and northeastern Canada. This plant is a host to the Spring Azure (Celastrina argiolus), the Henry’s Elfin…
Pineland Milkweed (Asclepias obovata) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the south-central and southwestern United States. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterflies. Growing from…
Tufted Milkweed (Asclepias nummularia) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the south-central and southwestern United States. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterflies. Growing from…
Nodding Milkweed (Asclepias glaucescens) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in the United States. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and…
Slim Milkweed (Asclepias linearis) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the state of Texas in the United States. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterflies.…
Emory’s Milkweed (Asclepias emoryi) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the states of Texas and New Mexico in the United States. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and Monarch…