Last summer, I started common milkweed plants from seed and planted them in a new garden bed in the fall. This spring, I started swamp milkweed and butterfly weed and planted those, too, all in an effort at support dwindling monarch butterflies. Want to try this? Here is some information:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/creating-a-rest-stop-for-the-monarch/2015/05/26/cd81a75c-ffcb-11e4-805c-c3f407e5a9e9_story.html
Will post photos soon of my thriving plants.
Happy Gardening!
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