Many people do not realize it, but many plants for sale, especially at box stores like Home Depot and Lowes, are treated with insecticides, so buying these plants will kill pollinators. You need to find sources of milkweeds, nectar plants and other host plants which do not sell plants treated with neonicitinides. Often smaller nurseries or those that specialize in native plants are best. Milkweed of course can be grown from seed, but it takes a relatively time. Another good way I have used to propagate new plants is to cut the stems back as the plant grows and put the cut stems in water to grow roots and start new plants.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I used to collect weeds in South Florida, such as Desmodium Bugger ticks to Sarcostemma Whitevine. I would also collect "Gator Grass" for those "pesky" Brazilian Skippers. I could then keep my Cannas (close relatives) free of larvae.
Here in the Midwest, people are more eco-friendly and you can usually get "drug free" plants at many nurseries and/or farmers markets.
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