Here in central California, I see very little interest in common milkweed-- my Swamp Milkweed and Narrowleaf Milkweed are much more attractive for larvae. For nectaring, they do like Butterfly Bush.
They likely show very little interest in your common milkweed because it’s an eastern species, where swamp milkweed does have some scattered populations in the western states. You’d be much better off planting species like showy milkweed(asclepias speciosa) and heart-leaf milkweed(asclepias cordifolia), both of which are common in California and have different emergence times to support multiple generations of western monarchs.
@@oscarflip8561 Thanks for info-- I had the oddest Monarch season this year...... I saw adults all summer into mid November, but nothing as larvae-- and I had several new native milkweed species this year. Both good and bad?
Here in central California, I see very little interest in common milkweed-- my Swamp Milkweed and Narrowleaf Milkweed are much more attractive for larvae. For nectaring, they do like Butterfly Bush.
They likely show very little interest in your common milkweed because it’s an eastern species, where swamp milkweed does have some scattered populations in the western states. You’d be much better off planting species like showy milkweed(asclepias speciosa) and heart-leaf milkweed(asclepias cordifolia), both of which are common in California and have different emergence times to support multiple generations of western monarchs.
@@oscarflip8561 Thanks for info-- I had the oddest Monarch season this year...... I saw adults all summer into mid November, but nothing as larvae-- and I had several new native milkweed species this year. Both good and bad?
Another nice weekly video...desperately needs a sound technician though.