Mary P Williams

The Milkweed is the host plant for the Monarch butterfly!

Milkweed by Mary P Williams

In hot August days the pods on the plant mature, dry up, split open and the orderly rows of brown seeds peek out of the pod.  Then a vagrant wind picks them out of the pod and hefts them into the heavens where they float with their silk floss. This wind scatters them to the four corners and they are randomly deposited on fertile soil and rocky, hostile lands.  The lucky seeds will grow into a handsome plant next spring … and once again supply a beautiful sight as they take to the wind the next August. Perfection!