Butterfly Weed Seed Pod
by David and Carol Kelly
Title
Butterfly Weed Seed Pod
Artist
David and Carol Kelly
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Butterfly weed is a prairie plant with bright orange flowers and a long bloom time making it a nice plant to have around the garden. Flowers come in waves from June to early September on older plants. It will bloom late the first year if started early and given enough sun. Some nurseries offer it in yellow. Some catalogs call it butterfly plant or butterfly flower because they don't want to say "weed". It is sometimes called milkweed because it produces a milky sap when cut.
Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on these plants so by growing some you end up increasing the butterfly population. Butterflies also favor the nectar found in the flowers. It is also a favorite nectar source for a number of butterfly species, including the tiger swallowtail and black swallowtail.
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June 10th, 2015
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