Planting Milkweed Plants. How to grow milkweed plant from seed. Milkweed is sometimes known as the butterfly plant as it is the sole source of food for monarch caterpillars.
Grow milkweed plants with tubular shaped shorter flowers in front of them to offer more pollen to our flying friends. How to grow milkweed plant from seed. Milkweed is a lovely wildflower and the sole host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars.
While it prefers loose well drained soil it can grow easily in clay or sandy soil as well.
Milkweed is a hardy plant. Monarch butterflies are rapidly declining due to loss of habitat and use of pesticides. How to grow milkweed plant from seed. Before planting your seeds drench the soil with water.