That's the number one plant I hope to get a hold of. I wish more nurseries carried it. I know they have native plant sales at the universaries around here. I have one that survived a transplant, so I'm crossing my fingers on it making it through the winter. I had to pull several roots of a porcelain berry vine out, so hopefully it has more breathing room. I'm optimistic about it.

Good luck! I started with a single plant of common probably 4 years ago and it is kind of taking over. I transplanted to other areas of the garden and gave plants away to friends, neighbors and whoever wanted some. Just have to make sure to dig deep enough to get a good piece of the root. This picture is the original plant. ( taken in May)

I was drawn to it the first time I saw it in the wild, and I was destroyed when I saw it being sprayed next to a ditch. I probably should of asked this question in the milkweed forum, but figured this would be a good forum to ask about it. Haha I don't even care how aggressive it can get. One day I will have a beautiful mass of it.

I thought about buying seeds, but I've never done winter sowing before. I've always been a plant person and not a seed person because I'm too lazy and impatient for something to grow from seed haha. Just kidding. I have a friend who's interested in doing it with me. He is a lot more knowledgeable when it comes to that...so we shall see. .

Guess that milkweed liked where you planted it. Slightly off topic here, but what kind of soil do you have yours planted in?

I have mostly red clay in my yard. The soil in front of the house is pretty good by now though. I've had a flowerbed there for more then 20 years, so with putting hardwoodmulch on there every year and leaving the leafs landing there from the trees it is a nice dark dirt. The milkweed is growing in other areas of the yard, too, but certainly not as strongly.