Milkweed Rash and Allergies. If you have a small yard, are outside its native range, or have a latex allergy, you should think twice. Common milkweed, like other milkweed species, contains latex.

Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard gardeners try to lure the famous flutterers. But critics say this non-native ...

Grow this milkweed in sunny mixed borders, natural gardens, rain gardens, and alongside ponds. And best of all, the deer and rabbits tend to leave it, and other milkweeds, be.

Milkweed garden in an alley behind a garage. CREDIT: Imeña Valdes. For this new follow-up study, they trained over 400 community scientist volunteers across the Chicagoland area to monitor the ...

The milkweed tussock moth (Euchaetes egle) is native to this area. Its range in the U.S. extends from Maine to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas.

For the milkweed patches that were 5 years old or older, a whopping 95% contained eggs. That compared with 61% for patches planted in the current year.