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Seed Availability and Shipping Info

Shipping USPS increased Ground Advantage costs 1-18-26 All seeds are mailed out in a bubble mailer or box with tracking. Currently $5.50 and Free Shipping on orders $35 or over. Or… Free Stamp Shipping If you’d rather NOT pay for tracking, and want free Stamp shipping for small orders, visit our Etsy shop – Milkweed […]

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Milkweed Plants for sale at the Milkweed Market

Milkweed and Nectar Plants for Sale 2026

Milkweed 4 Monarchs8741 Elizabethtown Rd.Elizabethtown PA 17022 It’s the long stone lane717-367-9656 (no text, old school) Local Pickup Only Open 4 days a week.Milkweed Market opens May 1 thru Sept. 13Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8:00 AM – 6:00 PMMilkweed will be available all summer. Nectar flower while supplies last. Single Plants in 8-12 oz. […]

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Milkweed Plants for sale at the Milkweed Market

Yearly Summer Schedule

Milkweed 4 Monarchs 2026 8741 Elizabethtown Rd. Elizabethtown, PA 17022 -8474 (717)367-9656 – sorry No text www.Milkweed4Monarchs.org Summer Hours: May 1 thru Sept. 13 Thursdays thru Sundays 8:00 AM – 6:00 PMWinter Hours: Closed for Season after Sept 13th. Seeds for sale online or hours by appointment for local seed pickup. May. 1st Milkweed Market […]

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Native Milkweed by State

Want to add more native milkweed species next year? Find out which species are native to your state and make your plans now 🙂 Asterisk * denotes species that are being grown here.

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Esty Store

Free stamp mailings available at our Etsy Store

If you’d rather not pay for USPS tracking visit our Etsy Store Milkweed Galore. Most all of the popular species of milkweed are available but with less packaging and small seed counts most can be mailed with a free stamp. Thank you for helping the Monarchs. Together we can restore the Monarch population.

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Potted milkweed plant with free caterpillar

Education Gifts that help Save the Monarchs

Milkweed 4 Monarchs in Elizabethtown, PA has Gift Certificates available for educational items that help save our Monarch Butterflies. Watching the lifecycle of a Monarch Butterfly from caterpillar to pupa to Monarch is exciting for all ages. The Mesh Butterfly Enclosures can be given as a gift now ($20.00 here, may be less on Amazon) […]

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Milkweed Plant with Caterpillar

Potted Milkweed with Caterpillar for Insect Habitat cages

Help save the Monarchs 1 caterpillar at a time Plant/caterpillar combos are sold out for 2025. Extra potted $5 annual feeder plants are available now but they are still very small. By mid Sept. they will be a nicer size to feed those last few caterpillars of the season. Milkweed 4 Monarchs 8741 Elizabethtown Rd. […]

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Supplies needed for milk jug greenhouses

How to Start Milkweed seeds in milk jugs

Easy step-by-step instructions to make your own mini greenhouses using milk jugs.

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Monarch population status released

53.22 % decrease in Monarch overwintering population recorded this winter. We don’t control the weather or deforestation in other areas or the amount of pesticides that someone else chooses to spray. But we CAN grow more Milkweed for the Monarch’s caterpillars and nectar plants to feed the adult butterflies.

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Instructions for starting Milkweed seeds outside

Mother Nature has been propagating Milkweed for centuries with nothing more than fluffy bits of floss to carry the seeds in the breeze to a new location. Where these seeds end up is in fate’s hands. Up until recently this was enough. I’m sure there are myriad reasons that the milkweed species are growing scarce […]

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