Date: 05/13/2015

Number: 1

Milkweed in my garden and flower beds just began emerging about a week ago (around May 13-15) and the new shoots are already a couple inches high. Asclepias speciosa---the common or showy just appeared in my yard about 20 years ago and just produces monarchs every year. I’m in the process of trying to germinate some Swamp milkweed (Asclecias tuberosa), but progressing ---not so good. I just have a standard city lot with small garden and 2-4 small flower beds, but have produced (counted) as many as 43 hatched chrysalis in one season about 7-8 yrs ago. Last year only 16. Wish I had a thousand acres of milkweed!!!

Bismarck, ND

Latitude: 46.8 Longitude: -100.7

Observed by: Merle
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