Wondering about the difference between natives, cultivars and nativars? Wild Ones is here to shed some light on it and clarify the benefits of using native plants.
Plight of the Monarch is a documentary by fine art photographers Cindy and Kirby Pringle that looks the crucial role milkweed plays in the lifecycle of the monarch butterfly. Because milkweed is disappearing, so is the monarch butterfly. The reason is simple, but not so easily solved: loss of habitat. The butterfly needs milkweed to survive and when milkweed disappears, so will the monarch.