A Comprehensive Guide to Curtiss’s Milkweed (Asclepias curtissii)
Curtiss’s Milkweed (Asclepias curtissii) is a herbaceous perennial that is native and endemic to the state of Florida in the United States. This plant is…
Host Plants
A Comprehensive Guide to Woolly Ironweed (Vernonia lindheimeri)
Woolly Ironweed (Vernonia lindheimeri) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the states of Texas and Arkansas and adjacent areas of Mexico. This plant…
A Comprehensive Guide to Prairie Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
Prairie Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the midwestern and Great Plains of the United States and the province of Manitoba. This plant is a host to the American Lady butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis). Growing from 2 to 4 feet tall, this species grows in moist prairies and has pink to purple flowers that bloom from July to September. This plant is hardy in zones 4-9.
A Comprehensive Guide to Western Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)
Western Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the midwestern United States. This plant is a host to the American Lady…
A Comprehensive Guide to Michaux’s Milkweed (Asclepias michauxii)
s Michaux’s Milkweed (Asclepias michauxii) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the southeastern United States. This plant is a host to the Queen…
A Comprehensive Guide to Wheel Milkweed (Asclepias uncialis)
Wheel Milkweed (Asclepias uncialis) is a herbaceous perennial that is native to the south-central and southwest United States. This plant is a host to the…
A Comprehensive Guide to Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) is a deciduous shrub that is native to the eastern United States, west to the Mississippi River. This plant is a…
A Comprehensive Guide to Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) is a low deciduous shrub that is native to the northern United States, the higher elevations of the southwest, and Canada. This…
A Comprehensive Guide to Texas Milkweed (Asclepias texana)
Texas Milkweed (Asclepias texana) 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 (Danaus plexippus) butterflies. Growing from 8″ to 3 feet tall, this species has white flowers that bloom from May to August. It is hardy in zone 6.
A Comprehensive Guide to Alternate-leaf Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Alternate-leaf Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) is a tree that is native to the mid-west and eastern United States and Canada. This plant is a host to the Spring Azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon) and the Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia). Growing from 10 to 15 feet tall, this species has yellow to white flowers that bloom from April to June It is hardy in zones 3-7.