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- Get It Growing: Native Louisiana milkweed best for butterfly larvae
(Video 05/30/22) For years, Mexican milkweed has been a popular plant to attract monarch butterflies. But that plant may host a disease that is diminishing the monarch population. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard and horticulturist Dan Gill encourage planting native Louisiana milkweeds instead of the tropical version.
The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture