![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Rock Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Piedmont area NJ USA
|
![]()
Along the roadsides, where I usually see mostly invasives, I have recently seen large stretches of milkweed flowering.
The down side is the road crews have been out mowing and the next time I've looked alot of the milkweed is gone. Another loss for the monarchs. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 | |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
|
![]() Quote:
How could I not? ![]() So far, I have three varieties, unfortunately none in great numbers...yet. However, for the past two years, I've been collecting seed (of many of my natives) and winter sowing them with good results, so I hope to increase what I have every year. I'd like to see regular homeowners do the same...even if it ends up only being those varieties that can pass in a traditional flowerbed.
__________________
"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
WG Fundraising Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
|
![]()
Swamp milkweed is so easy to grow, and blooms the first year and the monarchs love it. Why not start with it?
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#14 | |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
|
![]() Quote:
__________________
"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
|
![]()
I've had my swamp milkweed in a pot for way too many years...this spring I finally put it in the ground while we were having all of that rain. I thought I saw buds a while back, but they seem to have dropped off. I was checking it out today, it looks fine...and there are a *few* tiny holes in the leaves, but no obvious caterpillars.
__________________
"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#16 | |
Great Horned Owl
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northeastern MA
|
![]() Quote:
Education, my man, education. Get the monarchs into the classroom!!!
__________________
"Know thyself." Oracle at Delphi |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
|
![]()
Yep. ...and let's educate those responsible for mowing the roadsides too. If it is unrealistic to stop the mowing...we should at least get the DOT to grow natives in the center and only mow smaller strips near the shoulders...saves on gas--sounds good to me especially in this economy.
__________________
"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Tags |
butterfly, crops, genetically, imperiling, modified, monarch |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|