Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Milkweed problem, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
I have been away for two weeks and when I returned I see the tops of my older MW look like they have powdery mildew and maybe spider mites too. I wonder if the aphids have sucked the leaves until they "look" like it is mildew? Not pretty never the less. I whacked the tops off and after rescuing any cats, washed they thouroughly and clipped the leaves to root the stems. One plant had a fairly large cat eating on the leaves, so I fed the washed leaves to my cats. They never skipped a beat.
My nursery is back in business now and thriving with BST, GST, Monarch, NOID Skipper (found on Rue), and for the first time I have Pipevine STs!!! Thanks to Datura12's gift of tiny PV plants in June. The female must have come while I was on vacation. They are very tiny but there are 12 of them!!! I hope I have enough leaves to keep them happy.