I started my milk weed patch around 20 years ago and I started it as show...from just a few roots. I now have a nice patch around 75 feet by 75 feet. And it gets bigger each new year. Well worth the effort.
I truly wish all these milkweed posts would state in the paragraph where you are. Our milkweed in FL reacts a bit differently to northern milkweed. But, I cut off the eaten stems and put them in bucket of water. They root in less than a week.
Hi, I have a question that I hope you can answer. I found a blooming asclepias syriaca in my back shaded lot while looking for some wild violets. I just could not believe it - there was even a butterfly on it! I have looked several times for others but can find no others nor buds around it. I really don't understand how it bloomed in the shade and would very much like to relocate it to my butterfly garden. My angst is that I dont' know when or how to transplant it. The blooms are starting to deteriorate and I put a pipe cleaner around the lower part of the stalk so I can find when it goes dormant. Do you suggest that I move it then to my butterfly garden? I'm terrified that I may kill my found treasure. Sure wish I knew how it got there. I suppose it was gifted by a little bird. Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks so much! p
I would help it out by pulling all the weeds growing around it, which is what I did to get my milkweed patch going. Every week keep an eye on what pops up around it and remove it all around the plant about a foot or two. It will send out runners and make more plants. In the meantime take seeds from that or find local seeds from other milkweed plants and start another patch in a sunny location.
From my past 20 + years experience with milk weed I would suggest that right now in the fall would be a good time to start. It is fun and crazy stuff to grow.
@@kaswhite1380 I found one in the shade and it was even blooming. I'm trying to find out the correct way and time to transplant to my sunny butterfly garden.
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I started my milk weed patch around 20 years ago and I started it as show...from just a few roots. I now have a nice patch around 75 feet by 75 feet. And it gets bigger each new year. Well worth the effort.
This is exactly what I was looking for!!! I had no idea they were tubers! I just dug one up and didn’t know what to do with it.
I truly wish all these milkweed posts would state in the paragraph where you are. Our milkweed in FL reacts a bit differently to northern milkweed. But, I cut off the eaten stems and put them in bucket of water. They root in less than a week.
I love the birdsong of the spring and the crickets ! Great video
The more I learn about Milkweed, how it grows and physiology how it serves it environment, maybe it should just be called the Milk Plant.
Great video! Thank you!
Thank you!
Awesome vid. Thanks!
Nice!!😊
Hello, where/how do I find milkweed seeds or plants for the north jersey Bergen county area?
Hi, I have a question that I hope you can answer. I found a blooming asclepias syriaca in my back shaded lot while looking for some wild violets. I just could not believe it - there was even a butterfly on it! I have looked several times for others but can find no others nor buds around it. I really don't understand how it bloomed in the shade and would very much like to
relocate it to my butterfly garden. My angst is that I dont' know when or how to transplant it. The blooms are starting to
deteriorate and I put a pipe cleaner around the lower part of the stalk so I can find when it goes dormant. Do you suggest
that I move it then to my butterfly garden? I'm terrified that I may kill my found treasure. Sure wish I knew how it got there.
I suppose it was gifted by a little bird. Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks so much! p
I would help it out by pulling all the weeds growing around it, which is what I did to get my milkweed patch going. Every week keep an eye on what pops up around it and remove it all around the plant about a foot or two. It will send out runners and make more plants. In the meantime take seeds from that or find local seeds from other milkweed plants and start another patch in a sunny location.
Will common milkweed grow in southeast Texas (north side of Houston)? I've never seen the common milkweed at our area nurseries.
Yes it can
Helpful video! So you recommend doing this in early spring?
Yes, or anytime a new sprout pops up, which in a mature milkweed patch can happen almost anytime from spring into the summer.
From my past 20 + years experience with milk weed I would suggest that right now in the fall would be a good time to start. It is fun and crazy stuff to grow.
Can milk weed grow in the shade?
YES
@@kaswhite1380 I found one in the shade and it was even blooming. I'm trying to find out the correct way and time to transplant to my sunny butterfly garden.