Whoops, meant to attach this: http://www.almanac.com/plant/butterfly-bush
They REALLY work to attract Monarchs.
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Plant a "Butterfly Bush." No joke. They flock to it every summer.
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> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:43 PM, <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > Spotted very few on the counts I went on with NABA. Poor turnout over
>> > wintering in Mexico. Hope they recover.
>> >
>> > Plant some milkweed out there.
>> > Marnie has told me never to plant anything with "weed" in its name but
>> > I planted some milkweed variant that isn't very invasive.
>> >
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>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129-monarch-butterflies-mexico-animals-science-environment-migration-nation/
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>> http://www.olyendomike.com/Other/macro-2012/21444063_Rpf2zK#!i=2103532516&k=bbns8x9&lb=1&s=L
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>> We haven't seen many in NW Indiana for the past several years. We've let
>> milkweed grow in our courtyard every year, hoping to provide a Monarch
>> sanctuary, and nothing. We may have seen one in the past 3 years.
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