The milkweed buds are opening. Who would’ve suspected that yellow flowers would be inside of pink buds?
Sidenote: Monarch butterfly caterpillars like milkweed. If you want to grow monarch caterpillars at home for your homeschool, you will need milkweed plants because that is where they lay their eggs.
Related at donnayoung.org: Video of Monarch Butterfly #2 Emerging
Elaine says
Those are beautiful, Donna
God did such a fabulous job of mixing colors and hues, we could never imagine all the color combos that He came up with!! 😀
Hey, is that an ant crawling on the stem? 😛
Donna says
That’s is true Elaine.
Yes, that is an ant. I haven’t had time to look into why the ants are interested in the blooms. I have ideas, but I don’t know yet.
Applie says
Neat photo. We usually have lots of ants and aphids on our milkweeds.