Milkweed butterfly

Did you know that the native red maple tree you bought from your local nursery may have originated with a clone collected in Florida? Or that the native meadow seed you planted likely was collected in the Midwest?So what does that matter? Over millennia, truly local plants have evolved to flourish in the local conditions, and to harmonize with the local wildlife, Sefra Alexandra explains. These locally evolved plants are what scientists describe as ecotypes.

Want to help monarch butterflies? Be careful when selecting your milkweed. Not all plants that go by the common name of "milkweed" are the food that these butterflies need. Milkweed is both a food source and a host plant on which the monarch butterflies lay their eggs. Monarchs lay their eggs on the underside of the milkweed foliage.

I’m seeing a lot more Monarch butterflies this year. I wonder if that is due to the huge effort that people are putting into restoring habitat and planting natives. Here a monarch caterpillar is chewing on a milkweed. Danaus plexippus, Asclepias syriaca

Photo about a Monarch butterfly sipping milkweed nectar being attacked by another Monarch butterfly. Image of bloom, leffanta, flower - 34788221

I was recently asked if milkweed can grow in shade. Here are some that do tolerate shade. Find seeds here: Plant-Milkweed.com

Armstrong Garden Centers’s Instagram profile post: “Now is the time to cut back Asclepias curassavica, also commonly called 'Tropical Butterfly Milkweed' to just 6-inches. Doing so will help…”

8 Fresh Seeds w/Instructions Definitely in the rare, exotic and unusual category Calotropis gigantea, Crown flower or Giant Milkweed are great addi

Planting milkweed this year? If your goal is to provide habitat for monarch butterflies, you’ll want to choose milkweed varieties that are native to your region – and suitable for your site conditions. Milkweed is essential to the monarch lifecycle, serving as a host plant for monarch eggs and a food source for the resulting