Asclepias, Butterfly Milkweed, Yellow Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root 'Hello Yellow'

My experience with this plant in 8b (Baton Rouge, La) is SO DIFFERENT from what else I can find anywhere online. Please reply if yours c...Read Moreorresponds. My plant is 5' tall (It feeds plenty of Monarchs) after 3 or 4 years and it is blooming away right now., It also has seed pods that are opening. I've never collected seeds of any kind before, but I scarified and soaked them last night and put them in the fridge with wet paper towels in a ziplock treatment, intending to take them out in 4 weeks to plant. From what I gather, I can start them in small containers, to be quickly transplanted to deep 10 Gal. containers for a year or two. There's no chance of a freeze until November, and I can always move the containers into the garage/workshop area when it does. I'm just confused about whether to plant them in 4 weeks or wait until some other time.

To get the seeds all you need to do is to get a single follicle ( fruiting structure) of the milkweed when it is about to burst and ther...Read Moree will be 50 + seds within and they will provide new plants for the future. All milkweeds produce seeds the same way so you can take the seeds in the summer and plant them in anything and they will come up.. I recommend you store the seeds in a fridge until spring and they will maintain about 90% germination for several years.

Had problems initially with drainage and had to relocate multiple times. Finally found a happy spot at the bottom of a downspout where I ...Read Moreadded some gravel. The plant has thrived incredibly well since, filling out and blooming multiple times a season. It is much larger and fuller than the native orange variety planted in full sun on a much drier sloped area.

I have had this plant for 3 years. I LOVE it..just keeping cutting it back after it blooms and it will rebloom again and again. My only...Read More negative is that I have yet been successful at getting it to reseed AND it is very difficult to find at the local nursery. I am happy to report I had a TON of monarchs on this plant last year