Monarch Eggs!!

Yesterday morning I watched a Monarch lay eggs all over the milkweed in my butterfly garden. She's right on time for my area. I have milkweed growing in a pot on my front porch. They have not found that yet and it is just as well since that is my back up stash in case I don't have enough milkweed. I have had a hard time with this "weed". It is quite picky, dropping leaves all summer. Does anyone have experience with it. I'm referring to Tropical Milkweed. It does not seem to want to be too wet or too dry. The lower leaves turn yellow and drop. I have added fertilizer when this has happened and it seemed to help. Maybe they need iron when this happens? No matter how I trim the tops, to get them to fill out, they are determined to be leggy.



Monarch Egg on Tropical Milkweed

Monarch laying eggs on a lone & pitiful looking Milkweed plant in a pot. Aug 29, 2011