Tag: milkweed plants

Milkweed for Monarchs (and other butterflies) at Drumore

Butterfly weed Swamp milkweed patches

So what’s the big deal about milkweed these days?  Milkweeds are the larval host plant for Monarch Butterflies, meaning that the caterpillars of Monarch Butterflies only feed on different species of milkweed plants.  In recent years there have been a great decline in populations of Monarchs.  In order to help increase the numbers of any… Read more »