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blue neen

(12,439 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 09:24 PM Mar 2015

Re: Saving the Monarch Butterfly [View all]

There is quite a bit of old-fashioned milkweed growing in a vacant lot next to ours. I'd like to transplant some to our yard--we'll ask the lot owner, but I'm sure he won't mind.

Does milkweed transplant very well, and what would be the best time of year to do it? We live in Zone 6.

Thanks!

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Re: Saving the Monarch Butterfly [View all] blue neen Mar 2015 OP

It is difficult to transplant. Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #1

Thank you so much. blue neen Mar 2015 #2

What kind of milkweed is it? Botany Mar 2015 #3

I think it's swamp milkweed, because it gets the pink flowers. blue neen Mar 2015 #4