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How to attract monarch butterflies. Who is growing milkweed? ๐โโ๏ธ
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I managed to get a single swamp milkweed plant last year (local garden center was selling out of them). I'm happy to report that it survived the winter, and has come back this year larger than before! I hope I can add to it this year.
I've found the swamp milkweed is the only one that attracts monarchs. I've had butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) in my yard forever but I didn't see any butterflies until I planted the swamp milkweed.
However, the butterfly population varies and some years I see no butterflies. Here's hoping I see at ta few this year!
I got two swamp milkweed. I don't know if it'll attract em but they're growing big and strong. If not this year, maybe next year after they do their migration