Sperry’s Milkweed (Asclepias sperryi) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the state of Texas in the United States and adjacent Mexico. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and Monarch…
Aquatic Milkweed (Asclepias perennis) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the south-central and southeastern United States. This plant is a host to the Queen (Danaus gilippus) and Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterflies. Growing from…
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…
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.…