Date: 02/05/2010

Number: 1

We have some potted Asclepias curassavica (tropical milkweed) that we saved from the big freeze here along the Texas midcoast and they have begun to sprout. Altus was able to protect six plants from the 24 dF lows that we had back in early January and now some of the plants have leaves almost an inch long. I know these aren't native milkweeds out in the pastures and fields but we are watching to see if any Monarchs survived the killing freeze and will find these milkweeds. There aren't many nectar plants that survived the deep freeze except we do have some lavendar lantana in the yard. We also found some flowers along the protected shoreline of the bay being visited by some sulphurs two weeks ago. We will be looking for native milkweeds starting about Feb 20th if the ground warms up enough.

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Harlen E.
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