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How to Grow Butterfly Weed to Attract Butterflies, Bees, and Other Pollinators

This beautiful orange flower will bring many beneficial bugs to your garden. Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden.
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7 Tips for Growing Milkweed from Seed to Attract Monarch Butterflies

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...
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Butterfly host plant myths and facts

It takes more than flower nectar to attract butterflies to your garden. Learn the truth about common butterfly host plant ...
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Inside Out | Planting a prairie? Start with seeds

Beebalm or wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa). Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). by Jim Whitfield A patch of beebalm (Monarda fistulosa). Lesley Deem Lesley Deem Beebalm or wild bergamot (Monarda ...
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Native Plant: Joe Pye weed is the butterfly magnet of Ohio

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If Ohio’s prairies and wetlands had a celebrity, it ...