Narrow-leaf milkweed
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Milkweeds Needed
Comments (0)Cynanchum angustifolium (Gulf Coast swallowwart, milkweed vine Marsdenia Species (example species, descriptions follow)(M. cundurango (Cotton root); M. zimapanica(Mex), large climbers, latex sap) Matelea reticulata ([pearl, net-vein, netted]milkvine; milkvine, pearl milkweed, green milkweed vine) Sarcostemma clausum (white twinevine, white milkweed vine, viney milkweed, whitevine, narrow-leaf milkweed vine) Sarcostemma crispum TX (wavy-leaf milkweed vine, wavyleaf twinevine, wavyleaf climbing milkweed, wavyleaf milkvine) Let me know what you have in Milkweeds! Check my list and get back to me thanks Carol...See MoreIs this milkweed?
Comments (1)Doesn't look like A. fasicularis to me......See MoreIs Milkweed OK for Container Gardening?
Comments (4)You can plant the Milkweed in large containers. I'd suggest you put them in the largest containers you have as they don't do very well with transplanting so you will want to do the one transplant and leave 'em. :) I have mine in the ground but also have some in large pots, Buddyben. I'm glad your A. fasicularis is doing well. I've never had much success with narrow-leaf....See MoreI'm deadheading milkweed
Comments (17)Well, I just learned something new again! I didn't know that you could get more blooms if you deadheaded milkweed! My A. tuberosa already has seed pods on it a few weeks already or maybe a month or so (don't really know exactly). Would it still bloom if I cut the pods off at this point? I don't want to do that unless someone knows for sure. I don't want to end up with no seeds and no flowers either. Of course, I could just do some of them to find out. I'm curious if anyone knows though. Cathy...See Moremelle_sacto
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