How to Use milkweed in a Sentence

milkweed

noun
  • Monarchs seek refuge in the milkweed and lay their eggs on it.
    — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Monarchs can sniff out a milkweed plant from a football field away.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Maybe the city could plant some milkweed and sunflowers around the art.
    — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 4 May 2018
  • Dry milkweed pods look like cotton balls sitting on top of brown, straight stalks.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Don't be surprised when the milkweed's leaves start having holes.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Students will also take home a milkweed plant to be used to start their own habitat.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Use these expert tips on growing milkweed from seed to get started.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Just make sure the milkweed is native to your region — this resource helps.
    — Benji Jones, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Monarch butterflies lay their eggs only on milkweed plants in late spring.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 9 July 2024
  • Over there was the patch of milkweed, a magnet for butterflies.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But since then, some scientific cracks have emerged in the milkweed case.
    — Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The orange and black bugs were likely swamp milkweed beetles.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 17 June 2017
  • And there’s milkweed for the butterflies.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Swamp milkweed can grow 3 to 4 feet tall, so give it a heavy pot that won't easily tip over.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025
  • One effort to reverse the trend is to promote more growth of native milkweed.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Monarchs lay their eggs on the leaves of milkweed plants, usually around March.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2021
  • Then just plant some native milkweed, even in a pot, which monarch caterpillars need to survive.
    — Benji Jones, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • For full sun, Boritt said prairie blazing star, wild bergamot and native milkweeds are easy to grow.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2024
  • When to sow milkweed seeds Milkweeds are also easy to propagate from seeds.
    — Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2018
  • According to the instructions, milkweed should be planted in groups of at least six.
    — Bill Leukhardt, Courant Community, 12 May 2017
  • Three biologists crouched among the milkweed plants, combing through the thin green leaves as if braiding hair.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
  • Treating bright orange aphids on milkweed isn't always needed, but these monarch-safe methods can help.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
  • The cardenolides found in milkweed are toxic to humans and pets.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
  • The hope is to plant milkweed and other pollinator plants to bring in more butterflies.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • Visitors to the farm have found acres of milkweed and Monarch butterflies that depend on it for food.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Some gardeners live with the milkweed bugs, while others think a large presence of these deters the monarchs.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Keene and fellow scientists captured monarch caterpillars in the wild and placed them on milkweed leaves in their lab.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Arrange milkweed and Chinese lantern stems in the container, packing them tight to hold them in place.
    — Penelope O'Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
  • This might seem precarious, but milkweed has its own defenses.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
  • The lush land in and around the farm was known for its flora − summersweet, viburnim, blueberries and milkweed.
    — Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026

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