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About me: Originally from California, I am in love with nature on the Gulf Coast. I am trying to restore 20 acres of former farmland in southeastern Alabama, very close to Pensacola, Florida. Ten acres of my land is wetlands, including an ancient Black Gum forest. My biggest problems are invasive plants and the lack of known sources for native grasses and groundcovers to replace the invasives as I remove them. Volunteers have helped us to remove about 10 acres of mature Chinese Tallow (popcorn)trees from the swamp.The swamp still has a lot of native vegetation, from ferns to rushes, but the farmland is an incredible challenge. We've planted 7,000 trees and 400 species of native wildflowers, grasses, etc. My favorite plants are native butterfly caterpillar host plants (I have about 80 spp.) and carnivorous plants (I have about 16 spp.)

My zone is: GulfCoastAL
GardenWeb Member: biophilia - August 10, 2002
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Commented: A variegata seeds germinating! William Kelly, I didn't ever get A. lanceolata growing. If I was given seeds, they didn't germinate. I apologize if someone gave me seeds and I've forgotten. But any milkweed seeds I've had, I've alre...
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Commented: 2015 Asclepias variegata Availibility I wonder if the weevil is an exotic species. I keep reading that Redring Milkweed is declining and I'm so sad about it. It's native to my county, yet I've never even seen it in person:-(
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Commented: where do you buy milkweed plants I live in Elberta, Alabama only 8 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Over the years I've bought milkweed plants from various places in the country, but even when the species was native to my area, the pla...
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