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

[@BackyardEcology]

🌿🌿🌿🌿 Learn about a pair of lookalike trees in this video: ua-cam.com/video/UqDwaqpI-44/v-deo.html 🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@OsborneExploration]

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!

[@wendyleslie6461]

Shagbark hickory and paw paw. 😁

[@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.

[@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.

[@benettemcneill984]

Is dog bane poisonous to touch like poison ivy?

[@BackyardEcology]

No. Only toxic if you eat it.

[@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: ua-cam.com/video/JH6UIIDWY4s/v-deo.html

[@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!