Date: 03/08/2009

Number: 1

Today I found the first milkweed plants of this season. They are the native milkweed here, Asclepias viridis. Most of them are just sprouting and only a few inches long, though a couple have 6" stems already. It has been a very dry spring, with some rain, and the high temps now around 80 degrees F. There are a multitude of wildflowers blooming including false garlic (Nothoscordum bivalve), which is a favorite of the monarchs. They also like blackberry blossoms which are blooming too. Every day brings more nectar flowers and I am sure more milkweed. The nursery is getting ready for the monarch moms and dads!

Dobbin, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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