Have you grown Purple Milkweed?
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Asclepias sulllivantii - have you grown it?
Comments (1)I have grown it but mine is still in a one gallon pot. It is a GREAT plant! You do not have common Milkweed anymore?...See MoreWinter sowing surprise! Purple Milkweed (Asclepias cordifolia)
Comments (6)Lena, so sorry you weren't in time to pick up some Purple Milkweed. I was gone for most of the summer so wasn't here to tend to or observe my in-ground plants. Many stalks of the Purple MW still have a few tatty looking leaves on the tips but for all intents and purposes, they are gone. I don't know if they would have fared any better if I'd been here. I only realized this spring that I even had Purple Milkweed. Can't remember starting and planting out seedlings but lo and behold, the first blooms produced by these plants were certainly Purple Milkweed bloom heads. Although the blooms were worked over feverishly by the wild bee's, no seed pods this year. :-( The little seedlings I had which were so healthy looking when I left are pretty much gone. I don't know if the roots are still alive. Some seedlings still had a few tatty looking leaves on them when I first got home so I'm hopeful it is just their time to decline for the season. I believe, based on the plant activity this spring, that this milkweed spreads much like the common milkweed. Unfortunately, most of the native milkweeds in my garden look pretty rough before my growing season is done. The little A perennis is still going strong, healthy and blooming so I'm planning on planting a lot more for next year. And I will be growing the Mexican AKA Tropical milkweed again next year for the blooms. So many little insects in my garden nectar on their continuous blooms. Just have to be diligent about squishing the aphids. :-) Mary...See MoreAsclepias purpurascens - Purple Milkweed question
Comments (4)I've studied photos of various milkweed on line and it looks like common can, at times, display a pinkish purple coloring of the middle vein of the leaf. To my knowledge, all the common I have originated from the original pot planting and those leaves have white middle veins. By the little I've found online about Purple MW and it's root structure, it pretty much forms colonies so I doubt another stalk would be coming up so far away from a mother plant. I should have at least taken photos and included with my question. :-) I've never had so many Monarch cats this early in the year and most of the young growth of milkweed has gone into their tummies. Hopefully, the mw, no matter the variety, is strong enough to come back. Mary...See MoreHas anyone grown giant milkweed, and if so, would you recommend it?
Comments (2)Jacob, I think you mean Calotropis. I haven't grown it yet, but I have seeds for Calotropis gigantea and C. procera. I read that germination can take up to 3 months so I'm starting germination in November. That should be enough time to get the plants to a decent size before putting them out. I'd really love to see them flower, thats why I'm starting so early. I hear the leaves are so thick that the Monarch caterpillars will usually hang their crysalides from them, and those thick leaves can also feed a lot of caterpillars. Both Calotropis species look very similar, but the Calotropis procera has more fragrant flowers. The seeds for both are pretty easy to find on the internet. Yeah, you know when I first discovered it I thought how cool a giant milkweed and of course I got seeds. Wonder why I didn't hear of it sooner??? I don't know your location, but if you're living in south Florida or someplace hot then you have it made as far as growing Calotropis. I think once I have plants next year it may be more practical to root cuttings and overwinter them. https://monarchbutterflygarden.net/milkweed-plant-seed-resources/calotropis-procera-milkweed-tree/...See MoreJay 6a Chicago
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