Here at Green Thumb Nursery we absolutely love our Monarch Butterflies and because of this we commit a lot of time into diving deep into the research when it comes to helping the Monarch Butterfly populations thrive. Unfortunately, there is a lot of incorrect and misguided information circulating around the internet on Tropical Milkweed and Native Milkweed regarding their impacts on the Monarch Butterfly so we wanted to take the time to put together a well-researched fact-based video to help to set the record straight and to provide more clarity on the subject. We hope you will find a lot of value in this week's video when it comes to Tropical & Native Milkweed as well as the importance of having pollinator-friendly plants in your garden! Thank you for joining us for the class! Don't forget to join in on the conversation - if you have questions, additional sources, comments and the like - we encourage positive dialogue on this topic in the comments as we are all here to learn how we can best support the Monarch Butterflies!
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Nectar plants featured in the video:
Lantana
Buddelia
Black Sage
California Golden Rod Manzanita species
Coyote Brush
Liatris
Asters
Yarrow
Echinacea
Salvia gregii
Agastache
Zinnia
Cosmos
Bottlebrush
Sunflower
Native milkweed
Tropical milkweed
Sources:
North American Butterfly Association OIKOS Volume 125, Issue 8. page 1081-1091. Mexico
overwintering sites decline.
Insect Conservation and Diversity
Royal Entomological Society.
Volume 5. Issue 2
Three factors of migration decline.
Monarchbutterflygarden.net
Is tropical milkweed killing monarch butterflies?
nababutterfly.com
American butterflies winter 2014
Tropical milkweed and the injurious effects of well-meaning people.
The Journal of Parasitology
Volume 103, Issue 3
June 1, 2017
Texas Butterfly Ranch Researcher: Feb 22,2021
Article Title: tropical milkweed impact on the monarch butterflies “vastly overblown,” says long
time butterfly researcher
...and many more used to better understand the full scope of the arguments so that we could consider points from all sides.
Thanks for watching!
13 сен 2024