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milkweed

  • Cutting Back
    LuAnn Johnson
    Cutting back plants, even small ones, helps to stimulate growth. But don't cut off all of the leaves!
  • Milkweed and the Monarchs
    LuAnn Johnson
    Monarch butterflies like to eat various species of milkweed, which have a bitter juice, that makes their caterpillars unappealing to predators.