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Interesting. In my area (Southern California), the Monarchs seem to really prefer the Tropical (Asclepias curassavica). We plante it when a local Monarch enthus
by angst_ridden 4y ago
Interesting. In my area (Southern California), the Monarchs seem to really prefer the Tropical (Asclepias curassavica). We plante it when a local Monarch enthusiast recommended it. Now that we're more educated, we've been gradually getting rid of it.
- pamelafox 4y agoAh, I never even attempted the tropical since it's not native, so I don't know how ravenous they'd be for it. I just contrast narrow-leaf to showy since those are the two commonly sold native CA milkweeds, and my caterpillars are just so incredibly not into the showy, it might as well not be milkweed.
- angst_ridden 4y agoWe were pretty ignorant when we started our Monarch garden. It was 20 years ago, and there was less readily-available information.
- pamelafox 4y agoYeah, to be fair, I'm in that situation with swallowtails right now. I planted non-native dill, and it's swamped with happy swallowtails, as I didn't know about the native Yampah. Hope to replace the dill with yampah next year. Until then, the swallowtails shall have a dill buffet.