Floral feast
I'm not sure exactly what kind of milkweed this is, save that it's certainly not our common species, Asclepias syriaca, but since I found it in full bloom in the native pollinator garden at Wilcox Park in Westerly, I'm guessing that it's some kind of more cultivated variation on the Butterfly Weed theme. Whatever its provenance, the Monarch Butterflies females have found it a worthwhile nursery source for Danaus plexippus caterpillars, and at least one of the gaudy youngsters approves of the flowers. Perhaps the best thing about the blossoms and leaves is that they appear to lack the thick, milky sap that can prove fatal to the caterpillars, even drowning them after they take their first bites of the only food that will sustain them. Bon appetit, and good luck, young Monarch.