Native Milkweed Texas. We work with a large variety of butterfly host plants. There are over 100 species of milkweeds in the americas and over 30 of them are native to texas.
Sent by doris heard are two wonderful articles in the spring 2014 cajun prairie habitat preservation society newsletter. The first has photos of many native milkweeds. Two of the most important for monarch butterflies are antelope horns and green milkweed because they are common milkweeds that grow in pastures and along roadsides throughout the central flyway of texas the path that most monarchs take on their migration through texas.
Two of the most important for monarch butterflies are antelope horns and green milkweed because they are common milkweeds that grow in pastures and along roadsides throughout the central flyway of texas the path that most monarchs take on their migration through texas.
With almost 30 years of experience weston gardens is dedicated to texas native and acclimate plants. Native milkweeds simply don t do well in containers said george cates seed wrangler at the seed farm and land restoration company in the hill country town of junction. According to karen clary former director of plant conservation at the lady bird johnson wildflower center native texas milkweed had so long been considered a noxious weed that when people. Non native milkweeds are noted with an asterisk next to the species name.