Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Milkweed

I spotted this sign in a city maintained garden recently. There is a push on here to plant more milkweed in order to help the Monarch Butterflies that depend on it for food but it is sometimes difficult to find it at the garden centres so it seems that some of the city plants must have been disappearing!
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22 comments:

  1. BlogorattiJune 15, 2016 at 8:35 AM

    Good sign, hope the people who need to see it do just that. Greetings!

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  2. eileeninmdJune 15, 2016 at 8:36 AM

    Hello, that is a great sign. The Monarch butterfly needs all the help it can get. Enjoy your day and the week ahead!

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  3. ChristineJune 15, 2016 at 8:40 AM

    I've learnt something new today!

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  4. PerthDailyPhotoJune 15, 2016 at 8:57 AM

    I didn't realise the Monarch fed on the milkweed plant Pat, love learning something new each day!

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  5. Taken For GrantedJune 15, 2016 at 10:43 AM

    This is a great sign. Someone cares about the monarchs. Over the years we have seen fewer of them, especially in the fall when they migrate through here.

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  6. SharonJune 15, 2016 at 10:44 AM

    Hopefully those that are stealing it are at least replanting it somewhere. The nurseries better get a bigger supply.

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  7. William KendallJune 15, 2016 at 11:52 AM

    Those butterflies really do need all the help they can get.

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  8. TomJune 15, 2016 at 12:45 PM

    RoundUp has done a number on Milkweed!

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  9. MichelleJune 15, 2016 at 1:11 PM

    Hopefully people will pay attention to this sign!

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  10. GosiaJune 15, 2016 at 2:39 PM

    just interesting sighn Milkweed is very popular in summer in Poland

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  11. LowellJune 15, 2016 at 3:13 PM

    Maybe some ignorant people thought milkweed was a weed and therefore did not deserve to live. Hope the sign does some good!

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  12. NonnieJune 15, 2016 at 3:26 PM

    good job in helping the butterflies! I hope no one steals the milkweed in the guise of helping the critters.

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  13. s.cJune 15, 2016 at 3:49 PM

    Hope it works.

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  14. RevrunnerJune 15, 2016 at 6:18 PM

    Okay, I'm leaving the milkweed alone. :-)

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  15. Penelope PostcardsJune 15, 2016 at 6:33 PM

    Don’t think I would recognize a full grown milkweed plant but I do have a pretty butterfly weed plant nearby and it is quite common in my neck of the woods.

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  16. LoisJune 15, 2016 at 7:21 PM

    I hope people obey the sign!

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  17. CloudiaJune 15, 2016 at 9:14 PM

    Yay for the butterflys and their friends!

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  18. KateJune 15, 2016 at 9:15 PM

    These beauties need our help so I hope this problem is solved quickly!

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  19. AnonymousJune 15, 2016 at 10:14 PM

    Makes me want to plant some milkweed!

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  20. Tony McGurkJune 16, 2016 at 4:01 AM

    A great sign. I didn't know about Milkweed & monarch Butterflies. I've learned something new today

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  21. 21 WitsJune 16, 2016 at 9:08 AM

    Perfect we all must do what we can!

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  22. JackJune 18, 2016 at 10:04 PM

    Yes! I have visited some butterfly gardens in recent years and learned how important milkweed is to sustaining butterflies. You are making me think that I need to find a space in my own garden to plant a milkweed plant.

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