Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Monarch Migration Confusion, 0 by FarmerCharlieB

FarmerCharlieB wrote:
I thought the red one might be swamp milkweed. The caterpillars have pretty much denuded this small milkweed patch. One of the red ones is about the only one left with many leaves, and I'm afraid there's not enough food left for the caterpillars to mature. I do have some other swamp milkweed from plants I got from Monarch Watch last year and planted in a wet area by my pond. But they never bloomed, and I think aphids have pretty much eliminated them. And the tuberosa I have in a nearby area have about all lost their leaves too. I never saw any eggs or larvae on either the swamp milkweed or the tuberosa. Maybe next year I will have enough plants to do a better job hosting these beautiful creatures. And hopefully by then I will know more about the Monarch migration and life cycle.