I came upon the above milkweed factoid on one of my social media apps yesterday - good to know right.
The ironic thing about this factoid is that only a couple hours earlier I took the below pictures of the milkweed I have had growing in my pool area!
Although, I've cut EVERYTHING else back as a part of putting my yard and flower beds to sleep for the winter, I didn't touch the milkweeds. Their seed pods were all nice and plump but still green and not ready to open. Fast forward a month or so and this is the rewards of my patients -
It's a cool sight to see these seeds floating away, like falling snow, as the wind carries them off. Hoping that some find a safe place to take root come spring.
After all, Milkweed seeds are crucial for the Monarch butterfly's lifecycle.
Their seeds are tiny lanterns, each one drifts away carrying the hope of a monarch’s tomorrow.
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