How To Make A Monarch Butterfly Garden #garden #monarchcaterpillar #nativeperennials #gardening

Hey guys, I know y'all are probably tired of looking at this butterfly milkweed, but I just want to show y'all the honeybees that has flown in today and is absolutely feasting on our butterfly milkweed. Now butterfly milkweed is native to North America. It's commonly found in prairies, meadows, and open woodlands. It has beautiful bright orange blooms that attract pollinators from very far away. It's a host plant to the monarch butterfly, which is very important because their population is declining every day and is believed to become extinct. Their nectar-rich flowers feed bees, hummingbirds, a variety of moths and butterflies. They bloom in early summer all the way through fall. They bloom up to 3 times a year. They thrive in full sun well-drained soils and even poor and sandy conditions. Their drought tolerance once established, making them a beautiful sustainable choice. They're— when you break the stem, they're not like regular milkweed. They're— the sap that comes out of them is not milky, it's clear. They thrive in USDA zones 4 3 through 9. They can grow 1 to 3 feet tall. They're a beautiful border plant for your garden. The deep taproot of them helps them survive and flourish in very dry and hot climates. They're naturally resistant to deer and rabbits. If there was— if they wasn't, they would completely get annihilated over here because there's deer and rabbits everywhere. They support native bees and butterflies, which as you can see, there's all kinds of wildlife just lingering on these blooms. They're an all-around wonderful plant to have around because of the wildlife that they preserve.