Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Milkweeds: How many and which ones are in your garden??!, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
Tabasco, I hear ya on the jumbled mess. LOL I just glanced at that link and was immediately envious. I have plain 'ole Mexican milkweed by the tons, which is why I joined in. Not so much for the what kind but how many do you have. Last year I swear I had probably a thousand plants! I thought about counting one day but stopped when I had over a hundred in one tiny spot. Because of the years past when I've needed it, along with others, I just let it all grow. How was I to know I would have just a few Monarchs?! What I learned too is that the more you have then the less chance of finding the cats. And when I did find them they'd be the little flat black spot on the leaves. Since it's perennial here and I did not want that many again I spent several weeks this spring pulling them up. Talk about work! I ended up having to cut most of the roots with pruners to get them out but it was worth it. This year I've got plenty in the beds and it still comes up in the grass. Still only a rare Monarch sighting tho and no cats. Good thing my cottontail bunnies like it too!

Here's a pic from last fall. It's a little hard to tell from this angle, but there's tons of it and this is only part of the back. I had a full other bed, along the side of the house and in front.