Missouri Native Milkweed

Missouri Native Milkweed Species

Aquatic milkweed, Asclepias perennis
Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa
Clasping milkweed, Asclepias amplexicaulis
Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Fourleaf milkweed, Asclepias quadrifolia
Green antelopehorn, Asclepias viridis
Green comet milkweed, Asclepias viridiflora
Horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata

Mead's milkweed, Asclepias meadiic
Prairie milkweed, Asclepias sullivantii
Purple milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens
Redring milkweed, Asclepias variegata
Slimleaf milkweed, Asclepias stenophylla
Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Tall green milkweed, Asclepias hirtella
Whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata

SOLD OUT Purple milkweed seed packet, Asclepias purpurascens

$20.00

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Packet provides you with 25 seeds. Easy to grow from seed. Cold moist stratification required to prepare the seed to grow. Sow in winter months or follow cold moist stratification directions which are included in each order. A perennial wildflower and monarch butterfly host plant. Tolerant of many soil conditions. Reports from the field indicate that the plant prefers to be in well drained moist soil. Two years to maturity.

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These seeds sold out on february 11, 2018

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Whorled milkweed seed packet, Asclepias verticillata

$8.00

Only a few left!

Packet includes more then 50 seeds.
If you are interested in more of these seeds at a lower cost per seed then consider buying 1 gram. Whorled milkweed seed 1 gram, Asclepias verticillata.

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Common milkweed seed packet, Asclepias syriaca

$8.00

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Packet includes 300 seeds. Common milkweed seeds become common milkweed plants. Mature common milkweed plants produce multiple pink spherical blooms. Research suggests that up to 80% of monarch butterflies in Mexico's overwintering sites fed on common milkweed as a caterpillar.

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Swamp milkweed seed packet, Asclepias incarnata

$8.00

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Packet includes more then 200 seeds. Cold moist stratification is required to prep the seed for growing. A guide for cold moist stratification is included with each order.

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Prairie milkweed seed packet, Asclepias sullivantii

$8.00

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Packet includes about 50 seeds.
If you are interested in more of these seeds at a lower cost per seed then consider buying 1 gram. Prairie milkweed seed 1 gram, Asclepias sullivantii.

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Butterfly weed seed packet, Asclepias tuberosa

$8.00

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Butterfly weed seed packet contains more then 50 seeds of Asclepias tuberosa. Hand collected in Sparks Nevada during fall 2017 for 2018 planting. 90% germination in water in five days.

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Milkweed Retail Nurseries in Missouri

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery Asclepias Milkweed MO

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, MO

Call to order: 573-496-3492
email: mowldflrs@socket.net
fax: 573-496-3003

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery
Jefferson City, Missouri

Specializing in these species of milkweed plants:
Aquatic milkweed, A. perennis;
Butterfly milkweed, A. tuberosa;
Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Purple milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens
Spider milkweed, Asclepias viridis;
Swamp milkweed, A. incarnata;
Tall green milkweed, A. hirtella;

Milkweed plants are neonicotinoid and pesticide free!

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MILKWEED DISPERSAL BALLOONS

Presented by National Resources Defense Council: www.nrdc.org

The project consists of a performative, mobile “food cart” that distribute milkweed seeds throughout St. Louis, supporting the threatened monarch population. The artist, and a team of performers, will walk the specially designed cart through the city, engaging with families and individuals, by passing out biodegradable balloons filled with floating cloud-like milkweed seeds. These transparent balloons will be pinned to people’s shirts with buttons showing fragmentary close-ups of monarch wings, as the story of the interaction between milkweed and monarchs is told. Participants become the agents of seed dispersal releasing the floating milkweed seeds into their neighborhood, where the resilient seeds will find places to grow in parkways, backyards and alleys, supporting local monarch populations in the years to come.
The monarch food cart will travel throughout the Midwest during the summer months dispensing ‘butterfly food’ and information, emphasizing these beautiful and remarkable insects’ importance, and as a potent reminder of the human need for connection with the natural world.

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