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species in America. Only 28 of those species are plants from which monarchs feed. In this region, we have at least four monarch suitable native milkweeds: butterfly weed (asclepias tuberosa), common milkweed (asclepias syriaca), swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata), just blooming now and green milkweed (asclepias viridiflora). There may be a fifth, whorled milkweed, but I haven’t seen it yet.
Although I have the four milkweeds on my property, I haven’t seen caterpillars (larvae) until this year. For the last few years I’ve been growing a plant called “bloodflower” (asclepias curassavica), which is a tropical milkweed. The flower is annual north of Georgia and perennial in its native climate.
It is quite a beautiful plant, growing two to three feet with a
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