May 4, 2019

Help bring back the Monarchs by buying milkweed at this sale! It’s a great opportunity to buy the only plant...

May 13, 2017

We will have 1,000+ Common Milkweed plants for sale by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and a variety of other native nectar...

Jul 1, 2016

Vol. 21 Issue 3, Summer 2016 By the Audubon at Home Ambassadors Now, for the first time in its history, gardening...

Jul 1, 2015

Vol. 20 Issue 2, Summer 2015 By Emily Bzdyk Milkweed is an important host plant for many insects. Most of...

Jul 1, 2015

Vol. 20, Issue 2, Summer 2015 By Donna Quinn Common Milkweed’s story is also a story about us, our values...

Jun 30, 2013

I've been walking through milkweed patches, flipping over leaves, looking for chew marks, searching for eggs. So far, nada...no Monarch...

May 30, 2013

There have been reports of 3 Monarch butterflies in Loudoun so far - two in Purcellville and one in Round Hill....

Apr 1, 2013

Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2013 by Sally Snidow One of the critical factors in the Monarch Butterfly’s struggle to...

Apr 1, 2013

Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2013 by Kerry Bzdyk Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) – a fascinating plant with an unfortunate name....

Jul 1, 2005

Vol. 10 Issue 2, Summer 2005 By Nicole Hamilton Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberose) is a low-growing member of the milkweed family. ...

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