The larger insect is the monarch butterfly (黑脉金斑蝶). As a baby insect, the monarch feeds on milkweed, which seems to give the monarch a disagreeable taste and smell.3.Birds that eat butterflies soon recognize the monarch and quickly learn to leave it alone. ...
Ramps, or wild onions, grow through fading snow along the base of oak trees from Georgia to Canada. Young, succulent shoots of milkweed, cut off just above the ground, are delicious when cooked like asparagus tips.Yvona FastThe Environmental Magazine...
However, both stores we visited had a thriving selection of plants, shrubs, and trees, including varieties not available at the chains, such as globe amaranth, prickly pear, and milkweed. We also found an ample selection of organic potting soils, heirloom seed packets, and eco-friendly ...
In our 21st century super-market culture, we've come to trust only packaged prod-ucts. But just a century ago, plants we consider weeds-like purslane, sorrel and dandelions-were a regular part of the diet. Wild things grow all around us: in woods and fields, along roadsides, even in ...
Butterfly Flower isa perennial flower that attracts butterflies. It is also commonly called the butterfly weed, milkweed, and butterfly milkweed. ... After blooming, seeds form in light green pods. Butterfly flowers looks great in flower beds, rock gardens, or as container plants. They are...
If people cut down milkweed and replace it with another plant, the butterflies will not have the food source that they need to survive. But the trouble doesn’t stop there. When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for ...
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Out of time, but not yet fully grown, just before the fall frost I transplanted three of the strongest plants to see if they would continue growing in the greenhouse. Two of the three were hot pepper plants of the jalapeno and chile variety and then the third plant was a bell pepper. ...