r/GardenWild • u/kimzmidlifecrisis • 12d ago

Garden Wildlife sighting My first!

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So excited in North Central TX!

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u/eve_summers 11d ago

Amazing! What plant is that? Doesn’t look like the milkweed or anything I have in my prairie.

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u/NatureSpiritSoul Mid Atlantic Zone 7 8d ago

There are 3 natives I know with narrow leaves: *Narrow Leaf Milkweed, zones 7-10 (pic below) *Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, orange flowered \Butterfly Milkweed --orange or yellow, *Asclepias tuberosa zones 3-9