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You can find more than 140 species of milkweed (Asclepias spp.) in nature. Two of the most well-known are common milkweed and butterfly weed. In moist soils, try growing swamp milkweed. Plant ...
During several visits to South Boulder Creek Trail recently, monarch butterflies and western tiger swallowtails, Papilio rutulus, were nectaring on swamp milkweed.
The milkweed leaf beetle loves swamp milkweed, but also likes the common milkweed and other varieties. It slices off pieces of the leaves to eat, and, if the population gets out of control, can ...
Our region’s milkweeds, including the common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), swamp milkweed (A. incarnata) and butterfly weed (A. tuberosa) are amazingly complex and beautiful plants best known perhaps ...
Swamp milkweed, another native, in contrast did not germinate very well. Only zizotes milkweed transplanted well into the garden and returned from the freeze, and now the plants are 12 inches tall ...