If your dream garden includes fluttering butterflies, butterfly weed can help bring it to life. With its bright orange blooms ...

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden. It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a whole ...

Spring is the best time to prune butterfly bushes. Pruning in the late fall or winter leaves them susceptible to frost damage. Wait until the spring to do a hard prune (pruning it back to one foot ...

Q. For three years, caterpillars have devoured the leaves on my Mexican butterflyweed (Asclepias curassavica). As a result, these plants look vertical. What's the best way to prune them to promote a ...