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Asclepias incarnata vs Cinderella asclepias incarnata

beesandblues88_z7a

last year

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What is the difference? I'm confused. I have always had just plain asclepias incarnata then I picked up what I thought was another one and realized the label said Cinderella. I just assumed it was just another name to call it but when I looked online there are websites selling asclepias incarnata and Cinderella asclepias incarnata. They look like the same plant to me,am I missing something!

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mxk3 z5b_MI
last year
To me they're the same thing, Cinderella is just a cultivar. Plant it and the pollinators will come :0)
robert567
10 months ago
I see about three Swamp Milkweed cultivars commonly in nurseries, and supposedly they are somewhat "improved" but hard to see the difference with nursery plants.

'Cinderella' might have lighter pink flowers? Not sure there really is much difference, or anything wrong with darker flowers.

Maybe stays better looking in gardens, stays greener over the summer when not in a swamp?

Supposedly a little shorter, At first I didn't understand why shorter wildflowers are better, but taller plants tend to fall over more so I see it would be desired in more formal gardens.
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I hear they don't like heat and I see some list them as 8b for this reason. I'm relocating mine to somewhere with a little more afternoon shade and hoping that'll help them be more vigorous. Edit: I also had the bud issue (never bloomed) and I did see some black small milkweed beetles on the plant, might be related? I have aphids on the non-native but they don't touch the Swamp ones, thankfully.
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Jay 6a Chicago
10 months ago
I'm not sure how they could mass produce these cultivars? Maybe the cultivars come true from seed, and maybe those offspring have variation? There is 1 other option besides the type species, the cultivars, and the white flowering incarnata. It's Asclepias incarnata subspecies pulchra. Pulchra is more pubescent and it's leaves aren't as flaccid as the type species. And as you can see, there is a lot of variation in the flower color.

Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra

Asclepias incarnata subsp. pulchra

Asckepias incarnata subsp. pulchra

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