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many of the plants will be devoured by the butterflies in their caterpillar stage, though not until you’ve had some time to enjoy their blooms!
It is also important to remember that you’ll need a variety of flowers to attract monarchs to your garden in the first place, as well as milkweeds for their egg-laying. Tithonia, or Mexican sunflower, bright pink and purple zinnias, tall verbena (verbena bonariensis) and butterfly bushes (buddliea) are all cultivated plants which monarchs gather to. These plants are frequented by many types of butterflies as well.
The monarch’s over wintering, breeding and feeding habitats are being destroyed and threatened. Legal and illegal logging in the Mexican oyamel forests and increased pesticide/herbicide use in the U.S. corn belt and Canada are major contributing factors which place the monarch at risk.
Think about the pleasures of providing a safe spot for these amazing creatures in next year’s garden, not only to enjoy their beauty, but to help them continue many, many more journeys north and south each year, for years to come.
Bloodflower (asciepias curassavica) seeds may be purchased from: J.L. Hudson, Seedsman, Star Route 2, Box 337, La Honda, Calif. 94020.
There is no phone, as this is a strictly old-fashioned sort of business, so you’ll have to write. In addition to the bloodflower, several other types of milkweeds are offered. Asciepias is pronounced: as-KLGE-pee-as.
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