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Jul 17, 2014 11:23 AM CST
Name: Jewell
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kosk0025 said:Finally a successful Asclepias. Year 2 plant!! I think the reason that these are not common in Pacific NW (well, at least not in Willamette Valley gardens), is that they are BY FAR, a slug's favorite food. I have started many from seed x 2 years. I plant them out when they are large. But by the morning, they have been eaten to nothing. And although we do not have Monarch butterflies in the Pacific NW (Milkweeds, asclepias are their sole food source I believe), they attract many butterflies.

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Another, much taller variety.

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Friends have been seeing Monarch butterflies in their garden, south of Olympia. Very strange. Glad there might be food sources for larva in some flower garden since they aren't native here. Love, love, love your gardens!
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