Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is one of the most important (and most beautiful) native plants we have in Virginia 🌸 It’s one of several milkweed varieties that serve as the SOLE HOST PLANTS for Monarch butterflies🦋 That means without milkweed, monarch caterpillars have nothing to feed on and will fail to develop into the iconic monarch butterflies we all love. It can easily be propagated by seed, which you need to collect from the pod right after they open. These seeds require a 3-mo