Monarch Butterflies

Franco · Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:08 pm

My mom has a friend who wants to plant some milkweed plants so that monarch butterflies can do their thing.

Does anybody know where I can find some good information on how to plant milkweed;where to plant it; etc... And also maybe some information on the Monarch Butterly?

Thank you

Newt · Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:51 pm

I sure do have some sites!

I'm also including a list of preferred milkweeds.
https://www.monarchwatch.org/
https://www.monarchwatch.org/milkweed/guide/index.htm
https://www.monarchlab.org/InsectFair/MidSch/wcms6.html

Newt

Franco · Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:32 pm

Thanks a ton Newt

Newt · Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:49 pm

Franco, you are so very welcome! If she's interested in other butterflies I have sites for larval food and nectar plants as well. Just lmk what state she's in.

Newt

Franco · Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:57 pm

We both live in New Jersey I'm not quite sure which zone and I'm not exactly where we are but I think we are north east NJ.

Newt · Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:59 pm

Franco, New Jersey has hardiness zones 5, 6 and 7. Most of NE New Jersey is zone 6. Here's a map.

[img]https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/newjersey/maps/NJhardy.jpg[/img]

This site lists butterfly plants, shrubs and trees but check the hardiness zones carefully as it's a Florida site.
https://www.floridata.com/lists/butterfly_plants.cfm

I forgot to give you this site before. You can track the migration of the monarchs.
https://www.learner.org/jnorth/unpave/monarch.html

I also feed and track the migration of hummingbirds, swans and whooping cranes.

Newt