common milkweed

Robin Ladowski

13 years ago

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Tony G
13 years ago
is that a rhetorical question?

If not...We keep all our common milkweed on one side of the house, away from the rest of the garden. This makes it easier control the seeding.

Even then, I probably puck milkweed plants from the lawn almost daily in the summer. You have to get them right away because the monarchs love laying eggs on the baby plants.
catherinet
13 years ago
Wow Robin.....that's a really healthy stand!
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I want to bump this up again so those who are interested in preserving this plant can add this year's growing information. I had a baby who bloomed this spring but no seed pods. The same with the wild A variegata I dug up three seasons ago. This year it put up four strong stalks and lots of flower heads but again, not one seed pod. I watched the flower heads closely and even though some flying insects crawled all over the flowers, there was no pollination. This particuliar milkweed appears to bloom the earliest of all the milkweeds I have. Maybe there aren't enough insects around this early to aid in the pollination. We had terrible high temps over a long period this summer and it was all I could do to keep the plants alive. Did anyone else have any luck getting seed pods of this plant? I also purchased three small A variegata plants from Pine Ridge Gardens this year (all MaryAnn would sell me as I suspect she was trying to make them available to more of her clients). I'm going to overwinter them in 1 gal nursery pots. I haven't decided if I'm going to try growing them in big planters on my deck next year (mostly high dappled shade) or plant them inground. Maybe I should try putting one in ground this fall and keeping two in the nursery pots over winter. What is the key to getting these plants to set seed pods? :-) ~Mary A baby A variegata - 1st blooming this spring of 2011 the wild transplanted A variegata - aka Red Ring Milkweed - blooming 5-24-2011
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Hi Ravenclaw, first of all that isn’t syriaca, it’s tuberosa. Second you really shouldn’t put it in a pot, they like the ground much better. It also helps with hardiness, not that that’s really an issue. Last, it’s fall; it’s not dying, it’s just going dormant. Cut it off at ground level after it goes completely brown and I will come back up in the spring. Don’t give up on it if it doesn’t come up early. I had some that didn’t come up until mid June this year.
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Variegated Tropical Milkweed - Asclepias curassavica "Charlotte's Blush" is patented & sold by Shady Oaks Butterfly Farm. I just ordered 2 to try. https://shadyoakbutterflyfarm.com/products/variegated-tropical-milkweed-asclepias-curassavica-charlottes-blush-butterfly-host-and-nectar-plant?_pos=1&_sid=368dff7fd&_ss=r MikeTheBeeGuy@yahoo.com
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Thanks. I'm not sure how much a photo will add to what I've said. They look like healthy seedlings...just haven't grown at all to speak of, since they first germinated about 6 weeks ago. The planter they are in is about 14" in diameter. I thought milkweed liked full sun? But maybe rooftop full sun is different than ground-level full sun? My rooftop is 4 floors up from the ground. The roof surface is white. I've had a number of other perennials on the roof that do well every year...phlox, steeplebush, etc Thanks.
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terrene
13 years ago
Beautiful patch of Asclepias syriaca!! I would love to have it...

I suppose it might be too much if it's spreading into your veggie garden or something. :)
butterflyman
13 years ago
I've given up on it - it's way too invasive for a home garden. Swamp milkweed is my favorite perennial type.
Michelle Reynolds
13 years ago
hello
how do you get your milkweed looking so good, we have a wild patch in our new yard and they got looking rilly bad, bugs falling over, bad spots.
how do you care for it?
michelle
Tony G
13 years ago
Hi michelle,
our common milkweed looks that good into August, and then it starts down the fast path to hideousness!

That's another reason to keep it in it's own spot! I absolutely love AS though and wouldn't trade it for anything. The flowers are so fragrant and attract multiple types of butterflies! Monarchs lay eggs all over it too.
Michelle Reynolds
13 years ago
hello
OK. I had been wondering if cutting them back a bit after they bloom would help, I may try that since they seem to like the new leafs better.
I got a first hand look at what a tussik moth can do to one, we saw a 5 ft tall MW become a stick in just 2 days. next time I will get rid of most of them, not all though, there is a space for everyone.
thanks
michelle
brindlebutt
13 years ago
What a beautiful stand of AS. It is my ambition this year to establish big stands of it on less developed parts of my property. It is the preferred food for MBs around here, and I find myself sometimes driving winding roads trying to find it for late season cats. I would love to have my own stand! Any tips about getting it started? I've had terrible luck with it in the past.
brindlebutt
13 years ago
Tussock moths - boo! hiss! I tolerated them the first year because I was naive, and they stripped all my milkweed, leading to panic for food supply for my MB cats. Zero tolerance for MTMs now. They are so destructive.

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