You can still do it while keeping your pets and other wildlife safe.
, which allows them to spread aggressively even without the help of pollinators. Keeping the plant in a flowerpot can protect your pets’ eyes by preventing milkweed from spreading unchecked to spots your fur babies regularly hang out at. Most milkweed species have a milky white sap that can irritate eyes, Lenhart explains. “But milkweed getting in your dog’s eyes is rare,” and wouldn’t impact your animal’s health seriously, he says.
If you’ll be planting your milkweed in the Fall, you can put the seeds straight into the planter, but if you’ll be waiting for Spring, garden experts recommend head-starting your seeds in little cups with soil. Keep them indoors before moving them outdoors into a bigger planter, says van Rees. But the problem with large patches of milkweed is that there’s a lot of it in one place, making it a large risk for pets and other wildlife that might visit you and have a snack.The monarch butterfly is scientifically endangered. So why isn’t it legally protected yet?“Wild animals learn after one bite that milkweed isn’t good to eat,” says Ellen Jacquart, botanist and president of the Indiana Native Plant Society.
“Native plants offer exponentially more value than plants that are not native,” says Lenhart. This is because native species co-evolved with local animals, learning with time to be best pals with them as they both changed, he explains.
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