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Name: Showy Milkweed
Type: Asclepias speciosa
Description:
Sweet fragrant blossoms that fill the air, with long bloom period 2-3 month. Easy to Grow and Drought Tolerant, Can Take Extreme Cold, down to -40f
Sweet fragrant blossoms that fill the air, with long bloom period 2-3 month. Easy to Grow and Drought Tolerant, Can Take Extreme Cold, down to -40f
Location: Red/Pink
Sun Level: Full sun
Bloom Time: Summer
Height: 36-48 in.
Spread: 12-24 in.
Care:
It is easy to grow and tolerate drought and poor soils. It will self-seed. Once the plant becomes established, avoid trying to transplate it, because it has a very deep taproot. It requires full sun
It is easy to grow and tolerate drought and poor soils. It will self-seed. Once the plant becomes established, avoid trying to transplate it, because it has a very deep taproot. It requires full sun
Propagation:
It spreads via underground rhizomes and by seed. Cut off seed pods to reduce likeihood of additional plants.The seeds require stratification and need to be winter sown in order to guarantee gemination in the spring.
It spreads via underground rhizomes and by seed. Cut off seed pods to reduce likeihood of additional plants.The seeds require stratification and need to be winter sown in order to guarantee gemination in the spring.
Diseases:
Aphids, leaf miners, root rot, leaf spot are common
Aphids, leaf miners, root rot, leaf spot are common