Plant your milkweed in the ground for best results; these bushy perennials are happiest with their feet firmly rooted. Milkweed plants should be planted between 18 and 24 inches apart and no deeper than the existing soil line of their original containers. Once transplanted, water thoroughly every day for two weeks.

Some might argue that the milkweed plant is a rather unimpressive weed, but their importance to the environment and global ecosystem is unrivaled. As the exclusive host plant of the monarch butterfly, we have a responsibility to conserve this plant and ensure its survival for the benefit of pollinators like butterflies and bees. Without them, agriculture would collapse. Add to that, ease of care and self-sustainability makes milkweed an ideal plant to have around.