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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Our milkweed is usually all stripped to the stems with no leaves by the caterpillars. About February she takes over the bathtub in the guests bathroom, and starts from seeds the new crop of plants. The kitchen dining room is a 10 foot wide window made up of multiple windows. It looks like a jungle in there in the winter time and spring. I believe she just yanks out the old milkweed stalks after she harvest the crop of seeds.
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Great that you take such an interest in wildlife. What species of milkweed does she grow? I have common milkweed here. It is rhizomous and creates colonies. We never do anything to it, just let it spread.
This is my wildflower garden in August. In the spring when all the showy flowers are out everyone oohs and ahhs about it. About this time of year they start calling it my weed patch. I guess it is technically a weed patch - mostly Milk
Weed and Joe Pye
Weed.