milkweed II

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

This plant is the larval host for monarch and queen butterflies.  It's also an important food source for native bees, honey bees, and bumble bees.  I'm proud to say I grew this plant from seed.  It has spread in my yard just a little bit.

LINKS:
my last POST on milkweed (with more information and links)
Information and Growing Guide (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)
Monarch butterfly  Monarch Watch.org
Queen butterfly Butterflies and Moths of North America


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orange

random orange things....

 Bryce Canyon, Utah

monarch

butterfly weed, a plant I started from a seed

detail of sculpture:  Power Surge by David W. Martin, powder coated fabricated steel @  $22,500; currently installed in Krutch Park, Knoxville, Tennessee.  (In the middle of this sculpture you can barely see part of another sculpture--long vertical green leaves--Whimsy by Pamela Reithmeier.)

daylily with rain droplets

Power Surge

LINKS:
sculpture  in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee --Dogwood Arts Festival  
my posts which contain some sculptures in Krutch Park, Knoxville:
the heart of Knoxville
Krutch Park 
Scavenger Hunt Sunday 

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "O." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 



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