«Milk weeds» - Organic Asclepias Seeds
1.14 €
Grow Swamp Milkweed from fresh Asclepias incarnata flower seeds. Swamp Milkweed will produce clusters of beautiful pink flowers. The plants themselves grow to a mature height of about 36 to 60 inches tall.
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Organic Asclepias «Milk weeds»
Grow Swamp Milkweed from fresh Asclepias incarnata flower seeds. Swamp Milkweed will produce clusters of beautiful pink flowers. The plants themselves grow to a mature height of about 36 to 60 inches tall.
Swamp Milkweed is known for attracting an array of beneficial insects such as bumblebees, lady bugs, hummingbirds and most importantly the endangered Monarch butterfly. Asclepias incarnata is grown as a perennial flowering plant that returns each year from it’s deeply established root system.
- Blooming for weeks from early to late summer, this eye-catching beauty easily enlivens any sunny corner of the garden.
- Grows in sturdy, upright clumps up to 18-24 in. tall and wide (45-60 cm)
- Thrives in full sun in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils. Performs well in poor, dry soils.
- Low maintenance, this perennial plant is generally pest and disease free.
- Vital ingredient of beds and borders, cottage gardens, butterfly gardens, meadows or prairies. Asclepias tuberosa is also
- Valued for the excellent quality of its cut flowers, whether in bouquets or dried floral arrangements.
- Butterfly Weed flowers are a great nectar source for butterflies or bees.
- Propagate by seed, propagate by division or root basal cuttings in spring.
- Butterfly weed does not transplant well and is probably best left undisturbed once established. May freely self-seed in the landscape if seed pods are not removed prior to splitting open.
- Butterfly weed will rebloom more reliably if spent flowers are removed.