[MEBC-Butterfly] emerging milkweed
- From: "William Kennedy" <wvkennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mebc-butterfly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:06:40 -0400
Hello,
I am on your e-mail list because of my friendship with Ellen Parker. I have
raised and tagged Monarchs for a number of years and also have raised black
swallowtails, variegated and Gulf fritillaries, pipevine swallow tails and
several species of giant silk moths (moths over the last 4 years).All this has
grown out of my background in biology. Last year I planted several kinds of
milkweed to supplement the common species growingat the edge of my yard and
the dwindling supply in the former wild areas. Someone recently requested a
report on emerging milkweed plants. Common, swamp, butterfly weed, and
incarnata are coming up in my butterfly bed. I also wintered over a pot of two
curassavica plants (the tropical one) in my small solar greenhouse. These
remained green and are now about to bloom. I found more eggs laid on these two
plants last summer than any where else - just watched the butterflies stop in
and lay eggs. I would certainly recommend growing this one, even if you can't
winter it over. I have yellow and the usual red flowered ones; they bloom
continuously throughout the growing season and are very attractive. I still
have some seeds.
Virginia Kennedy, Jonesborough
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