Date: 03/24/2012

Number: 1

This has been the warmest winter I think here in southeast Michigan that there has ever been. For over a week we had temperatures in the 70's and mid 80's. I have never seen Milkweed come up this early. I just checked and my potted Common Milkweed is up 2 inches and my potted Swamp Milkweed is up 1 inch. Of the plants that are in the ground, my Swamp Milkweed is just starting to show little nubs of growth and seeds that I had spread last year are starting to show their first leaves. One thing I didn't expect was my Butterfly Weed is up about 1 inch. This is really unusual, because this normally comes up a lot later than the other milkweeds.

Westland, MI

Latitude: 42.3 Longitude: -83.4

Observed by: Brenda
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