Keep South Carolina Wild
There has recently been a sharp decline in monarch overwintering numbers which may represent the shrinking of their migratory route.
Milkweed to lay eggs on is in short supply, according to field observers, and will severely hurt the 3,000-mile monarch migration from Central Mexico to Central Canada.
In a good year, approximately 180-280 million monarchs start migrating, mate, lay eggs along the way, and their children continue the round trip. Milkweed is needed along the entire route or they will not survive. It takes more than one milkweed plant for each surviving adult due to natural predators. That is an enormous amount of milkweed! Most North Americans were very lucky to have seen even one monarch butterfly over the past few years.
At home, school, work, church, the library, the local park – anywhere in your community! Just one mating pair and a good supply of milkweed could produce many healthy fluttering friends for your community.
See below to request a free packet of native milkweed seeds (SC residents only; one packet per household).
Check with your local plant nursery to see if they carry NATIVE milkweed, and encourage them to do so if not.
Each packet contains 1/4 teaspoons of milkweed seeds native to South Carolina, including swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), and butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa).
To request a seed packet for 2025, please fill out the request form below (SC residents only; one per household). For bulk orders, we request a donation of 50 cents per packet to offset the costs of packaging, assembly, and shipping.
2025 Milkweed Seed Packets sponsored by Comporium