Two seasons ago we planted a rain garden with tiny plants from the Native Plant Nursery in Ann Arbor. Greg sold us a rain garden kit, about 50 plants for about $35. These plants were about 1-2 inches - we were mostly buying roots. The first year they grew modestly, but the second year they just exploded in size, with many of the plants getting as high as 5-6 feet.
Last week we were outside doing some late fall gardening and Tom took this picture of one of our milkweed plants, just as the seeds were emerging from the pods. As we looked around the garden, we saw seeds scattered among our other plants as well. The milkweed is such a wonderful plant. It is a host plant for monarch butterflies and produces a beautiful flower mid-summer. As you can see, it has its own beauty in the fall as well.
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