I have it growing on an unirrigated slope under some cedar trees. It might get too little water and too much sun in its spot, but it live...Read Mores now for 4 years. I have also grown it from cuttings. It could be happier. I need to do some tweaking of its spot.
I've got several of these plants and have found them to be butterly attractors. I've never seen a monarch "cat" on them because I've got...Read More several other types of milkweeds including the Mexican milkweed. That one seems to attract the egg layers. However, I did transfer a "cat" to a texana inside a cage and they adapted nicely.
Texas Milkweed is a very rare, but showy milkweed. If it is not flowering it can fool you into believing it is a chile plant or just a pl...Read Moreain weed, so if you see something that looks like a wild chile rip a leaf off and if the milky substance oozes out (even just a little) you've found Texas Milkweed! It is native only in Texas in these counties: Bexar, Travis, Williamson, Kerr, Bastrop, Comal, Kendall, Bandera, Gillespie, Llano, Uvalde, Real, Jeff Davis, Brewster, and now Cameron. It is Great for butterflies (especially the monarch) and is well behaved! If you live in Cameron county, you may need to use Cold Moist Stratification on the seeds so they grow.
Added: Texas Milkweed is not native to Cameron County, Texas, but I am growing some here and they are doing great! We have similar weather to the Texas Hill Country where Texas Milkweed is native. I believe Texas Milkweed could be introduced to cameron County.
NE Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a) | September 2006 | positive
Texas Milkweed, sometimes called White Milkweed, is a Texas native endemic plant. I've seen it growing in the Hill Country of Texas, incl...Read Moreuding my own property. It can be beautiful when it's blooming and even the foliage is attractive! It can tolerate the heat and poor soils of this area fairly well, but doesn't form large colonies, just more likely scattered plants or a few here and there. It doesn't produce a lot of seed (just from what I've seen), which limits the number of new plants. If you're lucky enough to have any of these or can acquire any, take good care of them, because not many people have them. It can be grown from seeds and transplanting it is surprisingly easy, considering it's a milkweed.
Added: Some info I found says it does not need any cold stratification and since I've planted seed that comes up without that cold stratification, I agree with that info.
I have it growing on an unirrigated slope under some cedar trees. It might get too little water and too much sun in its spot, but it live...Read More
I've got several of these plants and have found them to be butterly attractors. I've never seen a monarch "cat" on them because I've got...Read More
Texas Milkweed is a very rare, but showy milkweed. If it is not flowering it can fool you into believing it is a chile plant or just a pl...Read More
Texas Milkweed Asclepias texana is Endemic to Texas.
Texas Milkweed, sometimes called White Milkweed, is a Texas native endemic plant. I've seen it growing in the Hill Country of Texas, incl...Read More