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Tropical Milkweed and the Injurious Effects of Well-Meaning People from American Butterflies magazine

ByNaba Butterfly Gardener

The latest issue of NABA’s member publication American Butterflies is in the mail!

Featured in this issue of American Butterflies is an article discussing Tropical Milkweed and its effect on Monarchs. Despite widely distributed public opinions to the contrary, we suggest that you don’t give up on Tropical Milkweed just yet.

Read the full article at: Tropical Milkweed and the Injurious Effects of Well-Meaning People

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