There are some plants that I only find in one area on the property. Always makes me nervous. What if that area gets dug up/inundated w/ water or bugs/trees grow up and create shade? Do I lose a small portion of the area's diversity? Poke milkweed is one of those plants. From what I've read they aren't a commonly found species. However, monarch butterflies love them (well, monarchs love most milkweeds). So I found a site of suggestions of how to propagate them from seed and will pick a pod later in the year. Will make for a fun experiment and might get some growing in the meadow. If that works, I'll try more one-of-a-place flowers. Maybe someday I'll just have to walk through the meadow to get pics. (Of course, where is the fun in that?)
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