We need to "Johnny Appleseed" milkweed*. I so miss seeing the Monarchs every year like I did as a kid.

EDIT:

*Please read the comment by @Nautalax below. It clarifies that not all milkweed planting would be a benefit. Some is invasive, you could accidentally introduce invasive or none beneficial milkweed to the area.

I'm all for saving the Monarchs but we have to do it the right way :)

I can't get milkweed to grow but I have 3 short cassia leptophylla trees grown from seeds in pots. And I've got a couple generations of Cloudless Sulfur butterflies going now with the caterpillars monching away and making cool chrysalises. The trees aren't native but the butterflies are! So I'm happy, and when one tree gets too bare I can move the sprig with the caterpillar to another so he can fatten up.

Majestic! Now just make sure that everyone who helps out in your garden understands that these caterpillars are supposed to be there. You would be astonished the number of people I have encountered who have planted milkweed for monarch butterflies and then picked off all the caterpillars who were "ruining" the milkweed.

I'm up to 4 monarch butterflies in my garden but I have yet to see a monarch caterpillar. The butterflies bring me immense joy.

Oooh! Someday I want to have a little bit of land that I can plant some things for our lovely pollinators--- will remember milkweed (and beebalm).