Uncommon Milkweeds

interest in outdoor things—plants, insects, the environment—you’ve probably heard that monarch butterflies are in trouble. Their larvae only eat milkweeds, plants in the genus . There aren’t as many milkweeds as there used to be. You’ve probably been a kind-hearted soul and planted some of three milkweeds commonly available in the trade: orange milkweed (), common milkweed () or swamp milkweed (). You might have even engaged in some light milkweed promotion: sowed some seed bombs or stuck a monarch window decal to the back of your Subaru.