Milkweed For Butterfly Garden. Common milkweed can be found throughout most of the eastern u s. Adults feed from milkweed flowers and lots of other flowers and shrubs.
Egg ova larva caterpillar pupa chrysalis and adult butterfly. Milkweed has a place in your garden. Adults feed from milkweed flowers and lots of other flowers and shrubs.
Grow milkweed plants in your garden for colorful fragrant and nectar rich flowers that attract pollinators of all sorts.
The monarch butterfly is dependent on milkweed as the caterpillar stage can only consume milkweed as their food. The milkweed flower asclepias syriaca and its cousin butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa are an integral part of the butterfly garden a source of nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. Monarch watch has a list of milkweed varieties by state. Butterfly host plants are vital for the butterfly garden.