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SUMMER HORTICULTURE

Monarch butterflies are laying eggs now on their host plants

7/19/2020

 
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I saw this one get placed there with my own eyes today!
I was watering the little gardens by the road today and was visited by a monarch butterfly circling around the twenty different perennial plants recently planted out there.

She visited flower after flower from all the different plants and then went back to the first one, the famous Asclepias incarnata ‘Cinderella’

She landed on a leaf which is unusual, arched her abdomen out and under the leaf she landed on, and flew away after a brief moment.

I turned the leaf over and this is what I saw!
Once I knew what to look for, I looked around and found many, all only upon the Asclepias. Caterpillars are soon to follow! Pupae after that. Metamorphosis then into a new generation of adult monarchs, a sight to behold, all of which takes place primarily upon Asclepias incarnata!
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They are all over the place, and somewhere between easy to find and impossible to find, if you know what to look for and where.

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After Christmas until early March we are at the nursery infrequently. You can leave a message on the phone but it might be some time before we get back to you.

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  • Home
  • Wildflower meadows as an option to toxic lawns
  • How To Grow Birches
  • How to Save The Monarch Butterfly
  • FALL HORTICULTURE
  • Planting
    • Planting
    • Feeding
    • Watering
  • Products
    • Shrubs >
      • Trees
    • Bulk Mulch >
      • Firewood
    • Topsoil
    • Perennials
  • Veggie blog
  • fall 2018
  • Frequently Asked
    • About
  • Surfing
  • Gallery
  • Summer Horticulture
  • spring horticulture