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Butterfly Milkweed


Butterfly Milkweed

It's not really a weed at all. This is as big as it gets and it plays nicely with other plants.



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It's stunning its nice to have a plant that is nt to big.

4 Jul, 2017

 

thank glad you like it

4 Jul, 2017

 

I do Bathgate love how it sprays out to.

4 Jul, 2017

 

That is a nice affect.

6 Jul, 2017

 

It certainly is.?

6 Jul, 2017

 

Remind me bathgate you have a special butterfly and the caterpillars love this plant ?

Gg

9 Jul, 2017

 

Yes milkweed is the only host plant for the Monarch butterfly.

10 Jul, 2017

 

thats the one , thank you

Gg

10 Jul, 2017

 

Oh you're welcome. I actually studied this out. The Monarch will only lay her eggs on milkweed plants and the babies are raised on it. They synthesize the poisonous compounds in the plant for their own defenses. Would be predators instinctively know not to mess with the Monarch.

10 Jul, 2017



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