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I have a few of this flower in our pasture,
and it is so pretty is it a wildflower are just a weed

butterfly weed? how tall does it get?

Not sure some are kinda tall others are short
I think it is so pretty,and was wondering if I
could dig and move some closer to the house.I will have to go back out and see if i can get a shot of the tall ones.

maybe you could google butterfly weed and see if that is what you have. if so, they are very good to have around. (not sure about transplanting them, I've never tried it?) I move lots of wild stuff up closer to the house if I like them. I always make sure I leave more than I move incase they don't transplant well.

TYVM i WILL TRY THAT AND SEEi WOULD lOVE TO HAVE SOME BY THE HOUSE ARE IN THE flower BEDS OUT FRONT,i TOO HAVE MOVED OTHER WILD STUFF
SOME DID OK OTHER DIDN'T,BUT TY FOR ANSWERING

Very pretty, like the color. None of my weeds look that nice!

This is the first year I have seen it in our
pasture,but i really like it.I am going to find
a small one and see if i can trance plant it
closer to the house, are in front by our lake ,I
think it would look pretty.I hope if I move some
closer it will do ok,But will wait untill late in
the day after the sun is down to hot to do in day
time

It is butterfly weed, but I would not try to move it. Butterfly weed produces a long taproot that will probably break if you try to dig it up, which will kill the plant. Since they are easy to start form seed, you could wait until it produces seed.

the seeds are located in the cottony part on the plant. which is probably how you got yours, it blew in from somewhere else on the wind. I planted some from seed this year and just moved them into the garden a week or so ago. I'm not certain, but I believe I read somewhere they won't bloom till the following year.
good luck. monarch's love them.

TY YES I GOOGLE IT YESTERDAY AND THAT IS WHAT IT SAID
BUT WE HAVE A FEW OUT THERE SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY ANY WAYS
AND SEE. WE ARE GONNA TRY FOR A SMALL ONE WISH US LUCK LOL
BUT TY FOR THE INFO

let us know if it survives the transplant.
I don't blame you for trying, I'd do the same thing.
You just never know. I've been trying for two years now to propagate vines. I do all the things I read about, how to do it, when to do it. I've killed every single one except one time. that was when I cut one too many cuttings and ran out of the 'proper soil'. I stuck that cutting in the ground, didn't even stir up the soil or add any compost because it was getting dark. I didn't even water it in properly...just drug the hose over and doused it a bit. that was the ONLY one that has made it in my two years of trying. (nature keeps us in our place sometimes).
go for it Boop!

seen some here too on the sides of the road, last time I saw some was when we went to West Plains,mo., was some almost at Hardy

Here is a shot of it after I
transplanted it and this is what it is like today
So far it is still doing ok so I hope it does come bk next year guess i will have to wait and see.