milkweed: Milkweed
- 06/24/16 12:16 AM
While driving out to a rural property yesterday I noticed that the Milkweeds were just starting to bloom. I immediately thought about how I should be seeing the Monarch butterflies very, very soon. It's always fun to the Monarchs appear and to see their cocoons on the Milkweeds. I remember as a child the joy of bringing one of those cocoons home and watching it hatch some time later. In posting this I thought I'd check to see what the "real" name of Milkweed is. It's Asclepias syriaca. I was also very surprised to read that this "common" weed is actually a big seller for folks buying seeds. … (17 comments)
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
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