Comments on: Monarchs are coming…plant butterfly weed! http://capemay.com/magazine/2009/07/butterfly-weed/ Mon, 21 May 2012 01:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lorraine Kiefer http://capemay.com/magazine/2009/07/butterfly-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Lorraine Kiefer Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:08:13 +0000 http://capemay.com/magazine/?p=95#comment-426 It is so nice to get some feed back on the butterfly weed article. You gals both are lucky that the butterfly weed lived when transplanted; sometimes they are tricky as the root is deep and difficult to move. When it goes to seed allow the seed to dry well and then spread it around where every you want more plants. it will come up next spring. And to Debbie, we buy your orchids for Triple Oaks, everyone just loves them! LK It is so nice to get some feed back on the butterfly weed article. You gals both are lucky that the butterfly weed lived when transplanted; sometimes they are tricky as the root is deep and difficult to move.

When it goes to seed allow the seed to dry well and then spread it around where every you want more plants. it will come up next spring.

And to Debbie, we buy your orchids for Triple Oaks, everyone just loves them!
LK

]]> By: Lorraine Kiefer http://capemay.com/magazine/2009/07/butterfly-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Lorraine Kiefer Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:05:44 +0000 http://capemay.com/magazine/?p=95#comment-425 Butterfly weed is a 'weed' that grows in fields and along railroad tracks all over the east coast. It is EASY to grow as long as you do not over water or over feed it. It likes a well drained sunny spot and comes up from its roots each year in late May. The blooms make seed pods that will open with seeds that float and land near by or far away, but they will usually germinate the following year and make a plant. Butterflys seek this plant for nectar as well as lay eggs on it. It is in the milkweed family. LK Butterfly weed is a 'weed' that grows in fields and along railroad tracks all over the east coast. It is EASY to grow as long as you do not over water or over feed it. It likes a well drained sunny spot and comes up from its roots each year in late May. The blooms make seed pods that will open with seeds that float and land near by or far away, but they will usually germinate the following year and make a plant.

Butterflys seek this plant for nectar as well as lay eggs on it. It is in the milkweed family.

LK

]]> By: Coleen http://capemay.com/magazine/2009/07/butterfly-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Coleen Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:33:55 +0000 http://capemay.com/magazine/?p=95#comment-389 I just purchased my first butterfly weed this fall and planted it in my backyard garden. It's doing well and has established itself well with lots of new flowers. I'm anxious to see how this plant does with butterflies. I haven't seen any yet. How does this plant die down in the fall and should it be cut back? I need ideas on how to maintain this plant for years to come. Thanks CL I just purchased my first butterfly weed this fall and planted it in my backyard garden. It's doing well and has established itself well with lots of new flowers. I'm anxious to see how this plant does with butterflies. I haven't seen any yet. How does this plant die down in the fall and should it be cut back? I need ideas on how to maintain this plant for years to come.

Thanks CL

]]> By: anne http://capemay.com/magazine/2009/07/butterfly-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-85 anne Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:37:27 +0000 http://capemay.com/magazine/?p=95#comment-85 I just rescued a plant from my mother-in-law's home. My inlaws had shown it to me so long ago and called it Railroad Annie. I never knew really what it was. They are both gone now and the home will soon be sold. When I saw it coming up I decided to transfer it to my yard. I am so pleased to find it is actually Butterfly Weed. How exciting! Thank you. Wish me luck that I can keep it healthy and blooming. Monroe, NJ From inlaws garden in Delanco, NJ. I just rescued a plant from my mother-in-law's home. My inlaws had shown it to me so long ago and called it Railroad Annie. I never knew really what it was. They are both gone now and the home will soon be sold. When I saw it coming up I decided to transfer it to my yard. I am so pleased to find it is actually Butterfly Weed. How exciting! Thank you. Wish me luck that I can keep it healthy and blooming. Monroe, NJ From inlaws garden in Delanco, NJ.

]]> By: Debbie Off http://capemay.com/magazine/2009/07/butterfly-weed/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Debbie Off Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:20:42 +0000 http://capemay.com/magazine/?p=95#comment-45 My son dug a "Railroad Annie" plant several years ago from a field near our home that was being plowed under. I planted it in my perennial garden, but it never bloomed until last year (probably 4 or more years later). Since then it has doubled in size and is very beautiful. Where it is planted is probably too shady for it now, but I hesitate to relocate it as it seems to be doing well there. I had forgotten about it and thought it had died. I was very surprised and pleased to see it growing last spring. I am from Waldor Orchids in Linwood, NJ. You probably recognized the name. Walter is my husband, but I am the gardener!!!! My son dug a “Railroad Annie” plant several years ago from a field near our home that was being plowed under. I planted it in my perennial garden, but it never bloomed until last year (probably 4 or more years later). Since then it has doubled in size and is very beautiful. Where it is planted is probably too shady for it now, but I hesitate to relocate it as it seems to be doing well there. I had forgotten about it and thought it had died. I was very surprised and pleased to see it growing last spring. I am from Waldor Orchids in Linwood, NJ. You probably recognized the name. Walter is my husband, but I am the gardener!!!!

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