Milkweed or Dogbane? Unraveling the Mystery of Common Lookalikes🌿🌿

[@BackyardEcology]

🌿🌿🌿🌿 Learn about a pair of lookalike trees in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6KnqJSnpa5gapY 🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@davehendricks4824]

70 years old and now I wonder how many times I saw hemp dogbane, (which I’d never heard of) and thought it was a type of milkweed?😮 And, I’d like to see grass lawns banned.👍 I moved out to the country 36 years ago and now the farmland is being turned into 5 and 10 acre lots of grass and plenty of non native species, which help nothing and no one.

[@BackyardEcology]

It does look almost the same at a glance. I know what you mean about the farms getting chopped up into "farmlets" that farm nothing and are mowing more grass than some golf courses.

[@Christophersoutdooradventures]

And what about those Butterfly Moths!?!? How amazing are they!? Talk about lookalikes!?!? Great video! Very informative and interesting to watch! You're a really good teacher! I think I can identify bogbane more confidently now!! I subscribed! ATB!✊

[@BackyardEcology]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Thankful1998]

My milkweed is loved and deposited by the tussock moth caterpillars. Wish I would get some butterflies. I have seen 2 in the last 5 years.

[@BackyardEcology]

The butterflies will show up eventually. Had a monarch laying eggs on swamp milkweed this afternoon.

[@wendyleslie6461]

Shagbark hickory and paw paw. 😁

[@KatieCordrey]

I think we have wild dogbane, but it flowers pink, not white. It has reddish stems and otherwise conforms to the dogbane description in the video. How can I know for sure?

[@BackyardEcology]

Depending on where you live it could be spreading dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium. It has pinkish flowers.

[@KatieCordrey]

@@BackyardEcology That's it! I live in the mid-Columbia River Gorge. It is all over our property. We mow it to keep it in check, but it's persistent and pops up in my vegetable garden and orchard with tedious regularity.

[@benettemcneill984]

Is dog bane poisonous to touch like poison ivy?

[@BackyardEcology]

No. Only toxic if you eat it.

[@paintedtongue]

Golden rod and from what I've heard a toxic look alike.

[@BackyardEcology]

I'm not sure what would be confused with goldenrod and be toxic, unless maybe ragwort - but it blooms in the spring and has more daisy like yellow flowers.

[@TheOldMayfieldPlace]

Would planting milkweed in a container in the garden be a good idea to help attract pollinators? Will milkweed grow well in a container?

[@BackyardEcology]

Milkweeds are not the best container plants, some do OK, but they are much happier in the ground. Common milkweed would not be a good choice in a garden, but either of the species in this video would work well as they don't spread quickly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHmZhnx_ebyMatU

[@TheOldMayfieldPlace]

@@BackyardEcology Thanks!

[@BackyardEcology]

@@TheOldMayfieldPlace Butterfly weed will do well in a large pot (something around 3 gallon size) and is probably the best choice for growing in a container.

[@TheOldMayfieldPlace]

@@BackyardEcology I have 20 gallon empty mineral tubs I grow herbs in. I may try one of these.

[@BackyardEcology]

@@TheOldMayfieldPlace That would work!