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Bradford Grimm sells milkweed seeds for 74 types of Asclepias and hosts a podcast called "Grow Milkweed Plants." 1. Choose Milkweed Native to Your Region. There are dozens of milkweed species that ...
Similar conditions exist for showy milkweed (A. speciosa) in Michigan and for green antelopehorn milkweed (A. viridis) where it grows in the southern Great Plains and the western United States. [47] In addition, the seeds of A. syriaca and some other milkweeds need periods of cold treatment (cold stratification) before they will germinate. [48]
Asclepias syriaca, commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. [2] [3] It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding the drier parts of the prairies. [4] It is in the genus Asclepias, the milkweeds ...
Asclepias viridis is a species of milkweed, a plant in the dogbane family known by the common names green milkweed, green antelopehorn and spider milkweed. [2] [3] [4] The Latin word viridis means green. The plant is native to the midwestern, south central and southeastern United States, as well as to the southeastern portion of the western ...
Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed or tall milkweed) is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, native to eastern North America. Poke Milkweed's green and white flowers bloom from late spring to early summer. The plant's leaves can become quite large on plants growing in moist shaded conditions.
For example, where it grows in Michigan and surrounding areas and in the western US, monarchs reproduce on A. speciosa, especially when its foliage is soft and fresh. Because monarch reproduction in those areas peaks in late summer when milkweed foliage is old and tough, A. speciosa needs to be mowed or cut back in June or July to assure that ...
“Plant these seeds in late spring to early summer when temperatures reach around 80 degrees Fahrenheit," says Brian Feldman, senior director of technical operations at TruGreen. Risks of Sowing ...
Asclepias humistrata, the sandhill milkweed, is a species of milkweed plant. It is also known as pinewoods milkweed and pink-veined milkplant. It belongs in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. It is native to the southeastern United States. It blooms in spring and summer. The flowers are pink lavender and white. [2]