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Hi Jenny, I didn't get it. Please mail again. My e-mail address is naomi@jorsm.com Thanks, Naomi

Depends on how big your garden is and its purpose. IMO it isn't very decorative, and it might be worth growing in a garden where you have a sunny spot that's mostly out of sight or a wildflower meadow or if you have a butterfly bed that isn't specifically for decoration. There are milkweeds that provide food for monarchs that are more decorative IMO as RyseRyse mentioned, like butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa. In the link below, there are some nice photos from Mulchmama and Terrene of butterfly weed. In addition to the regular orange and the yellow selections in their photos, there are also some deeper red (on the orange side of red) selections. If you want a more decorative milkweed in the pink to white range, check out Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed, which doesn't need to be in a swamp, but does need consistent moisture. It has a somewhat more delicate aspect than A. speciosa and can get somewhat taller. Here is a link that might be useful: milkweed discussion

I have decided not to try at this time because I have not had any success getting one that I dug up accidently a couple weeks ago or longer to start to root. I checked on it today and still no sign of root development. Yesterday, I gave one of my buddleias away to a neighbor who dug it up and ended up pulling up two of the milkweeds. I have them in some water to try to save them but unless I can figure out how best to do it, I will let them be. They sure are extending their range in the frontyard and seem to have traveled very successfully. I am surprised also to find that many are already budding and are only a foot or two tall. It seems strange. Joe