Direct sowing milkweed (winter)
A member of the Grow Milkweed Plants facebook group (Brian) adopted this section of my community by donating 7,500 Showy milkweed seeds (Asclepias speciosa). To show my support I matched his seeds with 7,500 seeds I had collected. Along the Kay’s Creek path is Utah’s smallest Monarch Waystation. The area can benefit from additional Showy milkweed plants. The plants will support pollinators and help to stabilize the creek’s banks from inevitable erosion in the years ahead.
By dropping the seeds in February. There are a few months of cool wet weather. The seeds will swell with moisture as the spring temps warm up. When the soil temps reach 70° the seeds can begin germination.
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