Note that there are multiple species of milkweed. If you find milkweed unappealing, look into other species. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I found a couple o

Note that there are multiple species of milkweed. If you find milkweed unappealing, look into other species. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I found a couple of monarch pupae on some plants in the wetlands in my back yard. The plant stems were more stiff and the leaves less velvety than the milkweed I was familiar with in the local park. I asked our local nature center if Monarchs only eat milkweed, why they would pupate on this plant. They identified the plant as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_incarnata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_incarnata , a variety of milkweed.