MILKWEED COMMON Mature BARE ROOT 4-5 INCHES W EYES BUTTERFLY BUTTERFLIES PLANT

Description: MOST ROOTS / RHIZOMES HAVE MULTIPLE EYES, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE PLANTS FROM EACH ROOT. I USUALLY STOP SELLING SOMETIME IN MID MAY AS THEY HAVE BECOME NEARLY COMPLETELY OUT OF DORMANCY AT THAT TIME, AND I RESUME SALES IN THE FALL. THANK YOU FOR HELPING THE MONARCHS, AND ENJOYING THE BEAUTY AND FRAGRANCE OF THIS PLANT each rhizome will be about 4-6 inches in length and include at least one eye - from which new growth emerges. SHIPPING TIME WILL VARY UPON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MIGRATORY NEEDS OF THE MONARCH. I WILL NOT DIG PLANTS WHEN MONARCH CATERPILLARS ARE FEEDING OR IF THE PLANTS HAVE AN ACTIVE CHRYSALIS. PLEASE PLANT IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT AT A DEPTION OF ABOUT 6-8 INCHES Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant.[1][2] It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies.[3] It is in the genus Asclepias, the milkweeds. It grows in sandy soils as well as other kinds of soils in sunny areas. HELP SAVE THE MONARCHS BY PLANTING THIS - THE ONLY PLANT IT EATS. DECLINE OF MILKWEED HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A 90 PERCENT DECLINE IN RECENT YEARS. many ecologists warn it’s high time for monarchs to be actively guarded from extinction, given the diverse threats these spectacular insects face. Your garden can help prevent further decline, and hopefully recovery of this remarkable butterfly. Common milkweed is by far the most beautiful and fragrant flower in my garden, and attracts a variety of butterflie, but the Monarch depends upon it for future generations. Monarchs are the only known butterfly species that complete a two-way migration, like birds. Every fall, millions of monarchs travel up to an astonishing 3,000 miles from their summer breeding grounds in North America to spend winter in the forests of Mexico (a phase called "overwintering"). Mexico's mountain climate is ideal for monarchs to slow down their metabolism, conserve energy, and avoid freezing. Monarch butterfly larvae consume only milkweeds, and monarch populations may decline when milkweeds are eliminated with herbicides.[10] The development and widely adopted cultivation of herbicide-resistant staple crops such as corn and soybeans have led to a massive reduction in weeds and native plants such as milkweeds.[11] Subsequently, this has played a significant part in the population decline of the monarch butterfly. In 2018 the CEO of the National Wildlife Federation stated that the population of the monarch butterfly is now down 90 percent in the last 20 years and cited the reduction in milkweed as a contributing factor.[12]Many parts of the United States face a reduction in milkweed population due to factors such as increased habitat loss due to development, roadside median mowing, and herbicide use.[13] A. syriaca can become invasive, so choose your garden sites carefully. I have mine planted in a bed that is surrounded by concret sidewalks and driveways, but it can sometimes creep underneath and sprout in another bed. I have kept this at bay by simply pulling the sprouts by hand, which has seemed to keep it in check. Other barriers such as buried tin "containers" or other submerged barriers can be used. It spreads from rhizomes .The plant is winter hardy in USDA zones 3–9; it has a preference for moist but well drained soils, but is tolerant of dry conditions and clay soils.[18] It is ideal in semi-dry places where it can spread without presenting problems for other ornamental species.[1]Monarch Watch provides information on rearing monarchs and their host plants.[19] Efforts to restore falling monarch butterfly populations by establishing butterfly gardens and monarch migratory "waystations" require particular attention to the target species' food preferences and population cycles, as well to the conditions needed to propagate and maintain their food plants.[20]In the northeastern United States, monarch reproduction peaks in late summer when most of the plant's leaves are old and tough. Plants that are mowed or cut back in June – August regrow rapidly from their rhizomes in time for peak monarch egg-laying, when reproducing female monarchs have a preference for quickly-growing A. syriaca shoots whose foliage is tender and soft.[21]A. syriaca is easily propagated by both seed and rhizome cuttings.[1] The plant's seeds require a period of cold treatment (cold stratification) before they will germinate.[22]To protect seeds from washing away during heavy rains and from seed–eating birds, one can cover the seeds with a light fabric or with an 0.5 in (13 mm) layer of straw mulch.[23] However, mulch acts as an insulator. Thicker layers of mulch can prevent seeds from germinating if they prevent soil temperatures from rising enough when winter ends. Further, few seedlings can push through a thick layer of mulch.[24] Both seedlings and cuttings will usually bloom in their second year, although cuttings will occasionally bloom during their first year.[1]The nonnative Aphis nerii (oleander aphid) can become abundant on milkweed shoots but can be quickly eliminated with water spray The plant's latex contains large quantities of cardiac glycosides, making the leaves and stems of old tall plants toxic to humans and animals. My dog and cat have never attempted to ingest it, but I could see where getting the sap on fur, could result in ingestion when they clean themselves. I am careful to watch them when they are around the milkweed. \Since the mid-1990s there have been three major monarch mortality events in the overwintering grounds, "These are big winter storms that come in, and the butterflies get all wet, cold, and they die,". Even leaving Mexico and moving north towards Texas exposes them to winter vulnerabilities too, owing to drought. "If it's too dry, if it's too hot, you're not going to get off to a good start," In addition to these natural environmental hardships, human activities like deforestation and habitat depletion eradicate milkweed plants, which monarchs solely rely on for laying eggs as they migrate. Excess pesticide use is blamed for milkweed loss, too, said Pleasants. AdEtsyMonarch populations declined heavily between the late 1990s and 2007. Pleasant’s research found that the decline was linked to the use of the popular Roundup Ready herbicide, which is widely sprayed before and after sowing crops to control weeds. Corn and soybeans were not affected by the herbicide, Pleasants said, but all the other plants in the fields were killed, including milkweeds. The adverse impacts of herbicides, habitat depletion, and natural mass mortality events add up. That's why monarchs deserve to be listed as endangered, Pleasant said."It’s really heartbreaking that these monarchs have to be classified as endangered by the IUCN," said Stephanie Kurose, an endangered species policy specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity in Arizona. There’s an 80 percent chance that migrating monarchs will go extinct in the next 50 years, cautions Kurose.She also acknowledged that the IUCN red listing does not offer any legal protection to monarchs in the U.S.

Price: 19.97 USD

Location: Charleston, West Virginia

End Time: 2024-11-09T04:58:26.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8.99 USD