Care of Tropical Milkweed

YOU CAN HELP! 2021 RESTORE OUR MONARCHS

WESTERN MONARCHS CLOSER TO EXTINCTION: LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP!...

27 January, 2021

VIDEOS of Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle on YouTube

I share many fascinating and entertaining videos about monarch life on YouTube to educate and inspire...

02 August, 2020

Monarch Butterfly Release – Sat June 6, 2020 in my Garden!

The monarch butterfly season thru June, 2020 has been robust! Many more butterflies are in gardens, females laying eggs and many caterpillars evolving into butterflies. Enjoy the June 6, 2020 release of multiple newly eclosed monarchs!...

13 June, 2020

Monarch Butterfly Release – Monday, June 8, 2020 in my Garden!

I will be releasing newly enclosed (emerged) monarch butterflies all week at 3:30pm in my garden! Ask any question you'd like me to answer by putting them in the comment section here. I am the...

13 June, 2020

Monarch Butterfly YouTube Video Playlist by Susie Vanderlip

Watch amazing videos on monarch butterflies on my YouTube Playlist! Please subscribe and leave comments!...

05 September, 2019

Register as a Monarch Waystation!

Have your butterfly garden officially designated a Monarch Waystation! Receive a certificate and purchase a garden plaque. ...

07 August, 2019

Pruning Tropical Milkweed in the Fall – Imperative for Monarch Butterfly Health

it is critical to PRUNE TOPICAL MILKWEED (by Halloween in southern California, perhaps earlier in other tropical areas of the US). Prune the stems down to 6 - 10" tall and strip off all the leaves, mimicking native milkweed die back and removing all the...

01 August, 2019

Create Habitat for Monarchs

Learn what and when to plant milkweed and nectar plants to create a Butterfly Waystation in YOUR garden!...

10 February, 2019

How to Become a Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist

Anyone can become a Monarch Butterfly Citizen Scientist and learn to tag and test monarch butterflies. Help enrich the health and survival of monarch butterflies!...

13 February, 2017

Fall Pruning of Milkweed

By NOV 1ST - TIME TO PRUNE TROPICAL (EXOTIC) MILKWEED! If you live on the West Coast and bought milkweed from Home Depot, Lowes, Armstrong Nursery, or any other major retailer, it is TROPICAL MILKWEED and needs to be cut back by Nov. 1st to 6”...

04 August, 2016