Well, no. Not THAT eagle. Unless I had a huge pond with yummy fish, I don’t suspect I could find a way to feed a bird eagle and this is a garden diary after all. Gardens feed people and other critters.
But this is the eagle that has landed — on June 13.
First sighting June 13, 2017 — Long Island, NYIf you plant it, they will come. My milkweed, with the past week’s heat, is growing up fast. And I do have other “filler” plants for butterflies and hummers and bees, meaning other flowering plants. The one that this little lady landed on is a lollipop verbena. The tag read: attracts butterflies. Wow. It was right!
it grows very tall — about 3 feet high a close-up of it’s sweet blossomsAnd since I watched her fluttering about sipping at the verbena and then landing on the milkweed nearby, it was inevitable but to find this:
First egg! June 13, 2017Reading up on Monarch Watch and Journey North it seems this years migration northward is earlier than usual.
If you plant it, they will come.
Are you planting a monarch garden?
Happy Saturday and Happy Gardens and Happy Butterflies!
ps- Hopefully I’ll be around when this publishes! BIG sale at my local garden center (50% off). I’m heading over there early (they open at 4 am) but also want to go over to the farmer’s market that opens a bit later.