This year on Enchanted Summer Day (June 19) we are planning on celebrating one of the most magical of natural phenomena – the migration of the monarch butterfly. This year’s event will include activities for children, music, and ice cream as usual but in addition will include a giveaway of potted up specimens of a tropical milkweed. Families can take their milkweed home and add it to their gardens where it will continue to flower through the summer. But in addition to flowers, the milkweed will provide a home to larvae of the monarch butterfly. Keep your eyes peeled for the black, white, and yellow striped caterpillars that will eventually turn into orange and black monarchs.
We would love to see your photos of your milkweed in flower, caterpillars, and monarchs. You can post your images on our Flickr group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/winterthurgarden/. We will create a gallery on this web page of the best of the images.
A wonderful picture!!! Who’s the photog?
Thank you Debra. I took the photos here at Winterthur.
Chris Strand