Thursday, July 10, 2025

Milkweed Visitors

 I planted milkweed in my pollinator's garden a couple of years ago.  It now has happy visitors.


The milkweed is absolutely swarming with bees.


I planted the milkweed for the benefit of monarch butterflies.  It has been discovered.


I was surprised to see a great spangled fritillary butterfly enjoying the milkweed.  There is more than enough milkweed.  Welcome!  The more the merrier.

3 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

Considered as an invasive plant in Sweden, but works well in your garden.

RedPat said...

Wonderful, Jack.

Taken For Granted said...

Jack, I am always delighted to see pollinators at work, especially the bees. Pollinators, especially bees, provide about one-third of all human food. Bees are threatened, and the U.S. Dept of Ag has just discovered why such a high percentage of bees die every year. It is a virus spread by bee mites.