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Excellent butterfly plant for ALL butterflies. Swallowtails, others, and monarchs flock to it mid-summer and fall at peak bloom. Genera...Read More
Based on the negative comments, I googled the issue of whether this plant is causing more harm than good to Monarch butterflies. Have de...Read More
Everyone interested in growing the Asclepius curassavica, be aware... Please research Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and understand it'...Read More
I have had 3 plants since the last 7 years, every spring it comes back, I would not want to loose it , I love this plant
This plant is about the most beautiful Milkweed there is. This is the only good I can say about it.
I was tempted to pla...Read More
This is NOT a plant that should be planted anywhere in the US where migratory monarch butterflies can be found. It can interfere with th...Read More
Such a beautiful and productive plant that flowers nearly all year in Phoenix. My plants are scattered throughout the yard from full shad...Read More
Originally I had bought this plant from a greenhouse to attract Monarch Butterflies. I read it will not survive the cold. My plants sprea...Read More
A must have in Texas gardens. The monarchs will flock to your yard. Seed collection is very easy - a milkweed "bug" - only plant it comes...Read More
I grow this one from seed every year, as it is not hardy in my garden in zone 7b. I have had no problems with it seeding all over my gard...Read More
This plant easily thrives in a garden where it takes immense effort to grow most others. (This spot in full sun dries out terribly and i...Read More
I planted mine several years ago. It is beautiful when it blooms and monarch catapillars do love it. But mine does not seem to grow very ...Read More
I live in northwestern Vermont (Zone 5a). I planted this beautiful plant last spring, and to my surprise it came back this year, and has...Read More
Not sure if anyone mentioned it so far but this species also has a nice cultivar with pure yellow flowers, leaves are also somewhat paler...Read More
I purchased some 'butterfly weed' on sale with no Latin name. It bloomed wonderfully all last fall and was quite the stunner for many wee...Read More
I originally ordered seeds for this plant from a Monarch butterfly website back in '91 when I was living in Monterey, CA. The plants did ...Read More
If grown from seed in my Z5 - I must start it indoors 8 weeks before last frost. If I want to be able to collect seeds for growing again ...Read More
I bought a package of seeds a few years ago, picturing red-and-yellow and yellow butterfly weed, supposedly Asclepias Tuberosa and hardy ...Read More
Here in Houston zone 9a, I can just cut the canes which get almost 5 feet tall, and stick them in the ground or in a pot and they take ro...Read More
I've considered a milkweed for my butterfly garden but have been concerned about it spreading. We have a horse farm and I don't want it t...Read More
I only planted this 1.5 yrs ago and it seems butterflies haven't quite acknowledged my garden as butterfly friendly. My plant was splind...Read More
This plant was bought in May of 2008.
It spreads out very quickly. I bought it for our Butterfly Garden. It is interesting...Read More
Was given some seed and started the plants late in May and not planted out until June. It grew quickly in the worst clay in my garden an...Read More
This plant grows very well in the New Orleans area. Many nectar/pollen insects and hummingbirds are attracted to it. It self-seeds easi...Read More
I got a few seed pods from my neighbor's plant (who has no idea where it came from). Every single seed sprouted and all seedlings are do...Read More
I'd the flower in a pot for the first time last year. I just dug it up and planted into my 'cutting garden' for the first time. Very to...Read More
In SCentral Alabama this plant gets eaten to the stubby stem late every year by Monarch butterflies. I tried A. incarnata and they won't ...Read More
Bloodflower, Swallow-wort, Butterfly Weed, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed Asclepias curassavica is Naturalized in Texas and other Sta...Read More
My dad has this plant growing wild at his house. He dug me up one last year and we loved it. It bloomed all summer long. It puts out thes...Read More
I have had very good luck with both of these plants. I live in the piney woods of East Texas and my land is part shade and they do fine....Read More
In my native Maryland, zone 7b, I grow this as an annual. It's helpful to start the seeds inside in early spring or even sooner or else y...Read More
In Delaware and South Jersey, the Butterfly Weed grows in sunny fields, particularly on the perimeter of corn fields. It doesn't get mor...Read More
This is one of my favorite plants it is beautiful and the butterflies do loveit I too have had the little yellow aphids with black legs o...Read More
My Asclepias curassavica is in full flower today, January 5, 2004, in Sebring, Florida. It tends to go through cycles of more and less f...Read More
Wonderful butterfly plant. I have mine interplanted with passifloras and have had lots of butterflies. The aphids don't seem to damage mi...Read More
An excellent butterfly attractor and a great multiplier. One plant will make many before too long. It self seeds and it will...everywhe...Read More
San Antonio, Tx
This is an excellent tall xeriscape plant that takes at least a year to become established with more branc...Read More
i planted one plant last year, the red with yellow and orange and by the following year i had more all over the place. since they are so...Read More
I bought my A. curassavica for a few dollars at a discount store last summer labeled "scarlet milkweed" and after some research I finally...Read More
Very nice pictures from a very interesting plant.
I like the colorful flowers which attract butterflies. This plant blooms through the winter when almost everything else is dormant. It ...Read More
Scarlet milkweed is an erect, evergreen perennial shrub, often grown as an annual in colder climes. It gets about 3-4' tall and usually h...Read More