However, not all milkweed plants are alike in characteristics, color, and optimum growing conditions. Some species are more suited than others to act as host plants for specific insects.
Did you know monarch butterflies travel up to 3,000 miles each fall to their wintering site in central Mexico ... You, too, can help save the monarchs by getting active and sharing your work on social ...
The slightest breeze carries off the seeds once the pod splits in the fall, and if you look a patch of milkweed at this time of year you could be forgiven for thinking you're regarding a patch of ...