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Attracted to Milkweed
Milkweed wasn't always regarded as a lowly weed. It has been used in textiles, as a food source and as a medicine. More than anything else though, these nectar-rich native perennials attract a variety of butterflies in all sizes and colors.
milkweed • milkweed family • asclepiadaceae • poke milkweed • asclepias exaltata • common milkweed
Milkweed wasn't always regarded as a lowly weed. It has been used in textiles, as a food source and as a medicine. More than anything else though, these nectar-rich native perennials attract a variety of butterflies in all sizes and colors.
milkweed • milkweed family • asclepiadaceae • poke milkweed • asclepias exaltata • common milkweed
Milkweed; Making July Special
July has always meant three things to me; meteor showers, prairies, butterflies. Sometimes particularly butterflies. My central Ohio garden always became a lepidoptera social club in July, thanks, in no small part, to Common Milkweed.
milkweed • milkweed; making july special • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
July has always meant three things to me; meteor showers, prairies, butterflies. Sometimes particularly butterflies. My central Ohio garden always became a lepidoptera social club in July, thanks, in no small part, to Common Milkweed.
milkweed • milkweed; making july special • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
2003: A Season of California Wildflowers - Yosemite, San Bernadino Mts, Kernville
While my wife and I were settling in in southern California, winter was dropping just the right amount of moisture on places that would respond with explosions of rainbows. In April, after visiting many of the same areas more than once, we traveled further north, up to the western side of Yosemite. Though we got snowed on, the lower elevations were in bloom.
milkweed • 2003: a season of california wildflowers - yosemit • san bernadino mts • kernville • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america
While my wife and I were settling in in southern California, winter was dropping just the right amount of moisture on places that would respond with explosions of rainbows. In April, after visiting many of the same areas more than once, we traveled further north, up to the western side of Yosemite. Though we got snowed on, the lower elevations were in bloom.
milkweed • 2003: a season of california wildflowers - yosemit • san bernadino mts • kernville • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america
Cordage Plants
Twig bark is available year-round, but fall is the time to harvest the stems of fibrous plants for making cordage, otherwise known as string.
milkweed • cordage • string from plants • dogbane • milkweed • slippery elm
Twig bark is available year-round, but fall is the time to harvest the stems of fibrous plants for making cordage, otherwise known as string.
milkweed • cordage • string from plants • dogbane • milkweed • slippery elm
Milkweed
Milkweeed is another alternative fiber seldom tried by the serious hobby spinner. Its is actually very easy to prepare and spin. Give it a try.
milkweed • spinning • fiber • weaving • textiles • milkweed
Milkweeed is another alternative fiber seldom tried by the serious hobby spinner. Its is actually very easy to prepare and spin. Give it a try.
milkweed • spinning • fiber • weaving • textiles • milkweed
Milkweed: and other bast fibers
Here is a description and pictures of how bast fibers are retted for use, and how milkweed, one bast fiber, can be processed for fiber.
milkweed • milkweed • bast fiber • fiber • fiber arts • textiles arts
Here is a description and pictures of how bast fibers are retted for use, and how milkweed, one bast fiber, can be processed for fiber.
milkweed • milkweed • bast fiber • fiber • fiber arts • textiles arts
Monarch Butterfly
The poisonous caterpillars and adult butterflies have distinctive warning colouration to deter predators.
milkweed • monarch butterfly • milkweed • poison • warning colours • migration
The poisonous caterpillars and adult butterflies have distinctive warning colouration to deter predators.
milkweed • monarch butterfly • milkweed • poison • warning colours • migration
Myth and Folklore: Mayweed and Milkweed
Okay then, let's start with Mayweed, which we also know as Stinking Chamomile and Dog Fennel, and it's <I>ling</I>.
milkweed • myth and folklore: mayweed and milkweed • gregg m.pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Okay then, let's start with Mayweed, which we also know as Stinking Chamomile and Dog Fennel, and it's <I>ling</I>.
milkweed • myth and folklore: mayweed and milkweed • gregg m.pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Plant Families: Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed!
Milkweeds are generally known for three things: a) they are the sole food source for Monarch butterfly larvae. b) They have a thick, milky sap and little parachutes attached to each and every seed in alien-looking pods. c) They do not fit into the scheme of the perfectly manicured, tidy, unnatural golf courses suburbanites call lawns and gardens and thus are the enemy. Exterminate! Eradicate! Destroy, destroy, destroy!!!
milkweed • milkweed
Milkweeds are generally known for three things: a) they are the sole food source for Monarch butterfly larvae. b) They have a thick, milky sap and little parachutes attached to each and every seed in alien-looking pods. c) They do not fit into the scheme of the perfectly manicured, tidy, unnatural golf courses suburbanites call lawns and gardens and thus are the enemy. Exterminate! Eradicate! Destroy, destroy, destroy!!!
milkweed • milkweed
A Flower Row for Butterflies
Plant a row for butterflies begins a worldwide campaign for gardeners to purposefully plant a row of flowers just to provide food and nectar for butterfly larva and adults.
milkweed • butterfly gardening • larva • butterfly • milkweed • asclepias
Plant a row for butterflies begins a worldwide campaign for gardeners to purposefully plant a row of flowers just to provide food and nectar for butterfly larva and adults.
milkweed • butterfly gardening • larva • butterfly • milkweed • asclepias
Play Plants in Tasmania
Plants Tasmanian children might play with.
milkweed • milkweed • pinecones • gumnuts • fourleafed clover • plum pips
Plants Tasmanian children might play with.
milkweed • milkweed • pinecones • gumnuts • fourleafed clover • plum pips
The Monarch's Grand Kingdom
The 3000 mile trek of the Monarch butterfly begins in March.
milkweed • monarch • butterflies • nature • conservation • milkweed
The 3000 mile trek of the Monarch butterfly begins in March.
milkweed • monarch • butterflies • nature • conservation • milkweed
Three Late Summer Wildflowers
Take a small walk across a September field in Eastern Massachusetts and note the wildflowers growing around you.
milkweed • botany;goldenrod;chickory;milkweed;wildflowers
Take a small walk across a September field in Eastern Massachusetts and note the wildflowers growing around you.
milkweed • botany;goldenrod;chickory;milkweed;wildflowers
A Kind of Retrospective
Sunlight has just forced open the clouds, draping itself across the pine trees like the snow that fell before it. Winter has found the Sierra Nevada Mountains not with a vengeance, but with a kind of lazy persistence. Not a polar bear by nature, I turn a blind eye to the Ansel Adams landscape, instead contenting myself with my usual cup of coffee and a stack of colorful, warm wildflower photographs. 2001 was a great year of wildflower discovery for me, and a day like this begs for a retrospective.
milkweed • wildflowers • north america • gregg pasterick • photography • henbit
Sunlight has just forced open the clouds, draping itself across the pine trees like the snow that fell before it. Winter has found the Sierra Nevada Mountains not with a vengeance, but with a kind of lazy persistence. Not a polar bear by nature, I turn a blind eye to the Ansel Adams landscape, instead contenting myself with my usual cup of coffee and a stack of colorful, warm wildflower photographs. 2001 was a great year of wildflower discovery for me, and a day like this begs for a retrospective.
milkweed • wildflowers • north america • gregg pasterick • photography • henbit
In Yoda’s Backyard
A day on the Gulf is a day in a Shaman's sweat lodge wrapped in heavy wet blankets. The humidity has weight. Out in the bayou, with the 'gators and the tree frogs, it can buckle your knees. But if a little gnome like Yoda can take it, so can I. Besides, there's a whole 'nother world of wildflowers out there.
milkweed • wildflowers of north america • gregg m. pasterick • in yoda's backyard • botany • environment
A day on the Gulf is a day in a Shaman's sweat lodge wrapped in heavy wet blankets. The humidity has weight. Out in the bayou, with the 'gators and the tree frogs, it can buckle your knees. But if a little gnome like Yoda can take it, so can I. Besides, there's a whole 'nother world of wildflowers out there.
milkweed • wildflowers of north america • gregg m. pasterick • in yoda's backyard • botany • environment
Inestimable Numbers of Monarchs Die in Mexico
Millions of Monarch butterflies froze to death in their overwintering grounds in Mexico during February, 2002 following an unusually severe winter storm. Links in this article will take you to several photographs where you will see massive piles of dead Monarchs that resemble gigantic piles of gray, dead leaves.
milkweed • monarchs • monarch butterflies • monarch migration • fall migration • suite101
Millions of Monarch butterflies froze to death in their overwintering grounds in Mexico during February, 2002 following an unusually severe winter storm. Links in this article will take you to several photographs where you will see massive piles of dead Monarchs that resemble gigantic piles of gray, dead leaves.
milkweed • monarchs • monarch butterflies • monarch migration • fall migration • suite101
The Best Wildflower Places - Part One
So, without further ado, beginning with number 10, I give you ... fanfare please ... my Top Ten Wildflower Places!
milkweed • the best wildflower places - part one • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
So, without further ado, beginning with number 10, I give you ... fanfare please ... my Top Ten Wildflower Places!
milkweed • the best wildflower places - part one • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Children’s Novel Writing Contests
Delacorte Press and Delacorte Dell Yearling award book contracts and cash for new children's novelists; Milkweed Editions awards extra cash to a new Milkweed author.
milkweed • children’s novels • childrens novel writing contests • delacorte • dell yearling • milkweed prize
Delacorte Press and Delacorte Dell Yearling award book contracts and cash for new children's novelists; Milkweed Editions awards extra cash to a new Milkweed author.
milkweed • children’s novels • childrens novel writing contests • delacorte • dell yearling • milkweed prize
How to Make Cordage
Once you have collected stalks of milkweed or dogbane, or twigs of basswood or elm, you must detach the bark, since the fibrous inner bark will be used to make string.
milkweed • cordage • string from plants • dogbane • milkweed • slippery elm
Once you have collected stalks of milkweed or dogbane, or twigs of basswood or elm, you must detach the bark, since the fibrous inner bark will be used to make string.
milkweed • cordage • string from plants • dogbane • milkweed • slippery elm
Kings of Hitchhiking
Whether they are at risk or not, offering Monarch butterflies a place to stay is easy, enjoyable and fulfilling. These delicate creatures are a wonder.
milkweed • monarch • milkweed • way station • monarch watch • cardenolides
Whether they are at risk or not, offering Monarch butterflies a place to stay is easy, enjoyable and fulfilling. These delicate creatures are a wonder.
milkweed • monarch • milkweed • way station • monarch watch • cardenolides
Monarch Butterflies and Bacterial Toxins
Corn that produces a bacterial insect toxin can kill more than just the pest insects.
milkweed • corn • european corn borer • corn earworm • bt • bacillus thuringiensis
Corn that produces a bacterial insect toxin can kill more than just the pest insects.
milkweed • corn • european corn borer • corn earworm • bt • bacillus thuringiensis
Startling Orange
Where wildflowers are concerned, I’ve always found the orange ones to be truly startling. Sure, those scarlet stars in a green cosmos are startling. And a hillside covered in lupine and Owl’s Clover is certainly startling. But a patch of Butterflyweed? Startling. And Orange Hawkweed, tiny bursts of setting-sun orange, perched upon a slender fuzzy stem? Startling. These are really orange wildflowers, and they are clearly committed to being orange. They are not bashful about it in the least. And who can blame them?
milkweed • startling orange • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Where wildflowers are concerned, I’ve always found the orange ones to be truly startling. Sure, those scarlet stars in a green cosmos are startling. And a hillside covered in lupine and Owl’s Clover is certainly startling. But a patch of Butterflyweed? Startling. And Orange Hawkweed, tiny bursts of setting-sun orange, perched upon a slender fuzzy stem? Startling. These are really orange wildflowers, and they are clearly committed to being orange. They are not bashful about it in the least. And who can blame them?
milkweed • startling orange • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
A description of its plants with photographs and links.
milkweed • blood flower • milkweed • purple coneflower • miscanthus sinensis • coleus
A description of its plants with photographs and links.
milkweed • blood flower • milkweed • purple coneflower • miscanthus sinensis • coleus
Wildflowers and Butterflies, a Bit of Nature's Delicate Balance
Butterflies and the wildflowers they depend upon for survival provide us a snapshot of nature’s delicate balance.
milkweed • wildflowers • butterflies • native plants • larvae • caterpillars
Butterflies and the wildflowers they depend upon for survival provide us a snapshot of nature’s delicate balance.
milkweed • wildflowers • butterflies • native plants • larvae • caterpillars
Christmas Ornaments from Nature
Rekindle the magic of a simple, traditional Christmas by teaching children to make holiday ornaments from natural materials. Easy to make and great for gift-giving!
milkweed • green christmas decorations • green christmas ornaments • cheap christmas crafts • christmas decorating on a budget • natural christmas decorations
Rekindle the magic of a simple, traditional Christmas by teaching children to make holiday ornaments from natural materials. Easy to make and great for gift-giving!
milkweed • green christmas decorations • green christmas ornaments • cheap christmas crafts • christmas decorating on a budget • natural christmas decorations
Butterflies and Vehicles Don't Mix
Two species of endangered butterfly, at opposite ends of the earth, get respite from vehicles. One is protected during its migration, the other needs year round relief.
milkweed • endangered milkweed and sand mountain butterflies • off road vehicles • migration path protection • habitat loss and degradation • orv trails
Two species of endangered butterfly, at opposite ends of the earth, get respite from vehicles. One is protected during its migration, the other needs year round relief.
milkweed • endangered milkweed and sand mountain butterflies • off road vehicles • migration path protection • habitat loss and degradation • orv trails
2003: A Season of California Wildflowers - Twin Lakes and Tioga Pass
So many of my adventures in nature have been the result of being in the right place at the right time. My latest addition to my litany of well-timed nature encounters has been the 2003 season of wildflowers in California. It culminated in July, with a visit to Twin Lakes and Yosemite.
milkweed • 2003: a season of california wildflowers - twin la • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers • of north america • botany
So many of my adventures in nature have been the result of being in the right place at the right time. My latest addition to my litany of well-timed nature encounters has been the 2003 season of wildflowers in California. It culminated in July, with a visit to Twin Lakes and Yosemite.
milkweed • 2003: a season of california wildflowers - twin la • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers • of north america • botany
Beating a Dead Horse to Hamburger
Gardening is a grand and glorious adventure, and I can’t think of a better way to learn about the environment. Filling the yard with ornamentals is like Van Gogh splashing bold brushstrokes of color across a canvas, and many of these non-native beauties <I>do</I> provide a nectar source for butterflies – back in Ohio you could always find several potted Lantanas scattered about, providing color and nectar. But focusing on native species contributes to the health of your local environment, and encourages wildlife to visit your yard.
milkweed • beating a dead horse to hamburger • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Gardening is a grand and glorious adventure, and I can’t think of a better way to learn about the environment. Filling the yard with ornamentals is like Van Gogh splashing bold brushstrokes of color across a canvas, and many of these non-native beauties <I>do</I> provide a nectar source for butterflies – back in Ohio you could always find several potted Lantanas scattered about, providing color and nectar. But focusing on native species contributes to the health of your local environment, and encourages wildlife to visit your yard.
milkweed • beating a dead horse to hamburger • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecology
Butterflies and Gardens: Making the Perfect Match
Butterflies belong in gardens just as much as the flowers do! How to enjoy them and how to please them -- identification, larval food sources, nectar sources, the works!
milkweed • butterfly butterflies garden annual perennial flow • coneflower • black-eyed susan • catmint • sedum
Butterflies belong in gardens just as much as the flowers do! How to enjoy them and how to please them -- identification, larval food sources, nectar sources, the works!
milkweed • butterfly butterflies garden annual perennial flow • coneflower • black-eyed susan • catmint • sedum
Cater To Those Monarch Caterpillars!
Learn both why and how to cater to caterpillars to attract the magical Monarch butterfly to your back yard. Female Monarchs are very particular about selecting only one specific host plant on which to lay their eggs, or their baby caterpillars will starve. As a butterfly gardener, you can help them out by planting some of the Monarch's host plants in your flower garden.
milkweed • caterpillars • monarch catapillars • caterpillar • host plant • butterfly
Learn both why and how to cater to caterpillars to attract the magical Monarch butterfly to your back yard. Female Monarchs are very particular about selecting only one specific host plant on which to lay their eggs, or their baby caterpillars will starve. As a butterfly gardener, you can help them out by planting some of the Monarch's host plants in your flower garden.
milkweed • caterpillars • monarch catapillars • caterpillar • host plant • butterfly
GIFTBOOKS AND SOFTWARE FOR GARDENERS
It isn't hard to shop for gardeners. Books are always an excellent choice.
milkweed • christmas gifts • holiday gifts • holiday giftbooks • john baer's sons • baer's agricultural almanac and gardener's guide
It isn't hard to shop for gardeners. Books are always an excellent choice.
milkweed • christmas gifts • holiday gifts • holiday giftbooks • john baer's sons • baer's agricultural almanac and gardener's guide
Mailorder Nurseries Online and Off - Seneca Hill Perennials
There is a whole world of small, specialty nurseries out there who not only grow their own, they grow truly unusual and hard to find plants. Slowly, many of these nurseries are coming online, to the great good fortune of all of us greedy gardeners. Seneca Hill Perennials in Oswego, New York, is one such nursery. Owner Ellen Hornig grows what she fancies and has fun doing it. It just so happens that what Ellen fancies takes my fancy, too. This is another list of plants that brings greed to the fore. Let me tell you about some of them. <b>Warning</b>! Lots of photos in this article, so it may load slowly for you. Please be patient, I think you'll find them worth the wait.
milkweed • nursery • nurseries • mailorder nursery • online nursery • seneca hill perennials
There is a whole world of small, specialty nurseries out there who not only grow their own, they grow truly unusual and hard to find plants. Slowly, many of these nurseries are coming online, to the great good fortune of all of us greedy gardeners. Seneca Hill Perennials in Oswego, New York, is one such nursery. Owner Ellen Hornig grows what she fancies and has fun doing it. It just so happens that what Ellen fancies takes my fancy, too. This is another list of plants that brings greed to the fore. Let me tell you about some of them. <b>Warning</b>! Lots of photos in this article, so it may load slowly for you. Please be patient, I think you'll find them worth the wait.
milkweed • nursery • nurseries • mailorder nursery • online nursery • seneca hill perennials
Monarchs' Winter Habitat Loss Looms in Mexico!
Conservationists and monarch experts recently warned of a critical crisis facing monarch butterflies. Research over a 28-year study period shows that degradation of vital conserved areas of forests in Mexico, where monarchs have overwintered for milleniums, has decreased by almost 90%. Also read about a team of concerned international groups are working together to help solve this imminent crisis.
milkweed • monarchs • monarch butterfly • winter habitat • migration • overwintering
Conservationists and monarch experts recently warned of a critical crisis facing monarch butterflies. Research over a 28-year study period shows that degradation of vital conserved areas of forests in Mexico, where monarchs have overwintered for milleniums, has decreased by almost 90%. Also read about a team of concerned international groups are working together to help solve this imminent crisis.
milkweed • monarchs • monarch butterfly • winter habitat • migration • overwintering
Potpourri to Attract Pretty Butterflies!
Butterflies are already migrating north from their southern overwintering habitats. A brand new generation will soon be seeking nectar for energy and host plants on which to lay their fragile eggs. Plant a potpourri of nectar and host plants early to attract them to your garden.
milkweed • butterfly • butterflies • nectar • attractants • migrating butterflies
Butterflies are already migrating north from their southern overwintering habitats. A brand new generation will soon be seeking nectar for energy and host plants on which to lay their fragile eggs. Plant a potpourri of nectar and host plants early to attract them to your garden.
milkweed • butterfly • butterflies • nectar • attractants • migrating butterflies
Shadows of Doom in the Sunny Border
Sun loving hardy perennials, old fashioned heirloom annuals and prairie wildflowers for the early fall display -- all the colors of the rainbow! And barely a mum in sight.
milkweed • sunny garden in fall • hardy • perennial • fall • blooming
Sun loving hardy perennials, old fashioned heirloom annuals and prairie wildflowers for the early fall display -- all the colors of the rainbow! And barely a mum in sight.
milkweed • sunny garden in fall • hardy • perennial • fall • blooming
Sulphur Butterflies Bring Sunshine to Gardens!
Clouded and Cloudless Sulphur butterflies are attracted to many lovely flowers that are easy to include in your butterfly garden. Learn a bit about these sunny "flying flowers" and their favorite habitats, nectar sources, and host plants.
milkweed • cloudless sulphur butterflies • clouded sulphur butterflies • butterfly • butterfly garden • flying flowers
Clouded and Cloudless Sulphur butterflies are attracted to many lovely flowers that are easy to include in your butterfly garden. Learn a bit about these sunny "flying flowers" and their favorite habitats, nectar sources, and host plants.
milkweed • cloudless sulphur butterflies • clouded sulphur butterflies • butterfly • butterfly garden • flying flowers
The Mystic Fall Migration of North American Monarchs
The mystical migration behavior of monarch butterflies has been the subject of research by entomolgists, biologists, and scientists for many years. Has the answer as to why these gossamer-winged monarchs migrate south every year ever been totally solved?
milkweed • monarchs • monarch butterfly • monarch butterfly life cycle • butterflies • migrate
The mystical migration behavior of monarch butterflies has been the subject of research by entomolgists, biologists, and scientists for many years. Has the answer as to why these gossamer-winged monarchs migrate south every year ever been totally solved?
milkweed • monarchs • monarch butterfly • monarch butterfly life cycle • butterflies • migrate
The overlooked spectacle of metamorphosis
Many of us have marvelled at a monarch caterpillar transforming into a pupa and adult. The bizarre phenomenon of metamorphosis is actually a common strategy in nature for survival through extreme conditions.
milkweed • metamorphosis • caterpillar • butterflies • milkweed • chrysalis
Many of us have marvelled at a monarch caterpillar transforming into a pupa and adult. The bizarre phenomenon of metamorphosis is actually a common strategy in nature for survival through extreme conditions.
milkweed • metamorphosis • caterpillar • butterflies • milkweed • chrysalis
Three Good Plant Books
Three plant books written and illustrated in three different ways. <i>Gardening Wizardry</i> looks at the interesting fun-filled things kids can do with plants; <i>Becoming Butterflies</i> shows what happens when students care for the milkweed eating Monarch butterfly caterpillar; and <i>Whose Garden Is It?</i> introduces readers to the relationships in a garden.
milkweed • georgene bramlage • georgene a. bramlage • the green thumb club- plants for kids • suite101.com • garden projects for kids
Three plant books written and illustrated in three different ways. <i>Gardening Wizardry</i> looks at the interesting fun-filled things kids can do with plants; <i>Becoming Butterflies</i> shows what happens when students care for the milkweed eating Monarch butterfly caterpillar; and <i>Whose Garden Is It?</i> introduces readers to the relationships in a garden.
milkweed • georgene bramlage • georgene a. bramlage • the green thumb club- plants for kids • suite101.com • garden projects for kids
Unfamiliar Cousins
We’re all familiar with bright orange California poppies, whether we live in California, or have grown them in our back yard back east. The same is true for the many types of <I>Salvia</I>; we’re all familiar with the aromatic Sage we use in our cooking, as well as the many bedding varieties. And as for milkweed, well forget about it. Milkweed is either an annoying weed that ruins the flow of your lawn (and shame on you for feeling like that), or it is must-have treasure in the butterfly garden. But ya know, sometimes the fruit falls a little further from the tree; each of these familiar faces has a cousin or two that is, if not a secret, then certainly something the family doesn’t talk about.
milkweed • unfamiliar cousins • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecoloogy
We’re all familiar with bright orange California poppies, whether we live in California, or have grown them in our back yard back east. The same is true for the many types of <I>Salvia</I>; we’re all familiar with the aromatic Sage we use in our cooking, as well as the many bedding varieties. And as for milkweed, well forget about it. Milkweed is either an annoying weed that ruins the flow of your lawn (and shame on you for feeling like that), or it is must-have treasure in the butterfly garden. But ya know, sometimes the fruit falls a little further from the tree; each of these familiar faces has a cousin or two that is, if not a secret, then certainly something the family doesn’t talk about.
milkweed • unfamiliar cousins • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • ecoloogy
When the Prairie Blooms
1995 was a sweet, wet, bountiful year on the prairie east of my home. It's a wonderful year when the prairie blooms, one worth telling about.
milkweed • pawnee • national grasslands • prairie evening primrose • shortgrass prairie • steppe
1995 was a sweet, wet, bountiful year on the prairie east of my home. It's a wonderful year when the prairie blooms, one worth telling about.
milkweed • pawnee • national grasslands • prairie evening primrose • shortgrass prairie • steppe
Which "Hosts" Will YOUR Butterflies Prefer?
Planting the appropriate "larval host plants" is critical to successful butterfly gardening. Different species of butterflies require different host plants on which to lay their eggs. Learning which butterfly species reside in your particular area is the key to which host plants to grow in your garden.
milkweed • butterfly gardening • butterfly • butterflies • host plants • larval plants
Planting the appropriate "larval host plants" is critical to successful butterfly gardening. Different species of butterflies require different host plants on which to lay their eggs. Learning which butterfly species reside in your particular area is the key to which host plants to grow in your garden.
milkweed • butterfly gardening • butterfly • butterflies • host plants • larval plants