Petey loves the native milkweeds and like it or not you’re gonna hear about it.
No matter where you like in Baja Arizona you will find some species of Asclepias growing near you. So from Yuma or Ajo to the top of a sky island you will find a milkweed of some sort. How cool is that? Very cool! And you need some milkweeds in your pollinator garden so go to your favorite nursery and ask about native milkweeds. Better get a few. Good job.
Petey laments some invasive plant species and in particular a non-native grass that is spreading in the hills near his home.
I neglected to mention that milkweeds are no longer in their own family Asclepiadaceae, but have now been included in the dogbane family Apocynaceae....
Petey cruises dirt roads along the east side of the Dragoon Mountains looking at rubble and plants.
