CUTTING BACK MILKWEED

[tartandtiny]

Every year around this time I cut back my milkweed. I cut it down to about a 1" stalk. Is this o.k. or should I just let it be?

[Mona Miller]

You should leave it until late May early June. If the seeds haven't matured, it will give them more time. Also, it provides shelter for other animals and there may be chrysalis of butterflies who winter over in the area hiding on it. I never clean up my yard until late spring.

Many moths also are wrapped in the leaves that fall from trees.