Butterflies and Gardening
The influence that plants have on Monarchs, and their importance in the butterfly population is very crucial.
Without butterflies, plants wouldn't get their necessary pollination and without plants butterflies wouldn't get the necessary amount of nutrients, so in saving the Monarch population you can't forget about plants.
You can help save the Monarch population by planting your own milkweed. Although milkweed typically grows along roadsides and ditches, the plant is adapting to urban gardens. No matter where you are, you can help! Another food source that is lacking in number are garden plants that provide nectar to adult butterflies.
*See the image to the left for types of plants you can grow to help.*
The influence that plants have on Monarchs, and their importance in the butterfly population is very crucial.
Without butterflies, plants wouldn't get their necessary pollination and without plants butterflies wouldn't get the necessary amount of nutrients, so in saving the Monarch population you can't forget about plants.
You can help save the Monarch population by planting your own milkweed. Although milkweed typically grows along roadsides and ditches, the plant is adapting to urban gardens. No matter where you are, you can help! Another food source that is lacking in number are garden plants that provide nectar to adult butterflies.
*See the image to the left for types of plants you can grow to help.*