I hope to have tropical milkweed soon...pods are still green, but I'm checking often! It's beautiful in bloom! Let me know if you would like any, and, provided I get to the pods before the birds and the wind, I'll hold some aside! Dorothy

In our community gardens, a wide variety of milkweeds are offered to the Monarchs. Every year they are covered with cats during different times of the year. It's very common to find a chrysalis hanging from a garden border 2x6 or from horizontal vine supports or any number of different plant stems. It is extremely rare to find any of them on the host plants though, as the little cats seem to want to wander off to do their magic. I'm sure there are predations, but I've photographed any of the beautiful little encasinga and even had the privilege of watching the last instar unzip into the bright green chrysalis. Up until that point I wasn't sure exactly how it happened and it was amazing and surprisingly quick! It takes me a bit of searching to find them at this point because they are so well camouflaged.

Sorry, I never found Asclepias rubra. If only! But I have located a seller of Asclepias quadrifolia in New York state, and have exchanged emails with the nursery owner. So, that is to say, I have given up on rubra and have plans for quadrifolia, but in the future I will definitely be able to trade seeds fro quadrifolia. What milkweed species do you grow currently? And, I am not sure if this is too specific a question, but do you know anything about rare asclepias syriaca varients (such as white common milkweed)? I am very interested in them and can trade or pay.

7The problem with deleting the autcorrect was I had to learn how to spell again lol. Why can't they make one with all the botanical names in its memory? https://www.growmilkweedplants.com/michigan.html There seems to be a close relationship between milkweeds and mycorrhizae fungi. I'm using the fungi on all my milkweeds. https://www.mpgranch.com/dispatches/milkweed-fungal-perspective