Missouri Native Milkweed Species

Purple milkweed seed packet, Asclepias purpurascens

$20.00

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Packet provides you with 25 seeds. Easy to start from seed. Challenging to raise to maturity. Seeds are stratified and ready to plant. Purple milkweed is 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. Seeds purchased in October have not been tested for germination. No limit.


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Expect availability on November 1st 2018.
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Whorled milkweed seed packet, Asclepias verticillata

$8.00
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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One gram of common milkweed seeds. Packet contains between 80 and 130 seeds (105 on average). Seeds are harvested from plants grown in Colorado. Germination rate is 90% Botanical name: Asclepias syriaca. Start the seeds in a week using water germination or sow in the fall for a more natural method called cold moist stratification. Either way the monarch butterfly will appreciate having this milkweed available. Shipping is included in the quoted price. 
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Swamp milkweed seed packet, Asclepias incarnata (hand collected)

$8.00

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One gram of swamp milkweed seeds. Packet contains between 100 and150 seeds. Seeds are harvested from plants grown in Missouri. Germination rate is untested. Botanical name: Asclepias incarnata. Start the seeds in a week using water germination or sow in the fall for a more natural method called cold moist stratification. Either way the monarch butterfly will appreciate having this milkweed available. Shipping is included.
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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 (hand collected)

$8.00

50 butterfly weed seeds. Packet contains 50 to 75 seeds. Seeds are harvested from plants grown in Nevada. Germination rate isuntested for 2018. In 2017 the germination rate was 100% These are seeds that grow.Botanical name: Asclepias tuberosa. Start the seeds in a week using water germination or sow in the fall for a more natural method called cold moist stratification. Either way the monarch butterfly will appreciate having this milkweed available. Shipping is included in the quoted price. 
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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:
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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!
Smiling Sun Gardens Asclepias Milkweed MO
Smiling Sun Gardens, MO
We grow only organic pesticide free native plants. contactus@smilingsungardens.com

​Smiling Sun Gardens
Forsyth, Missouri

Specializing in these species of milkweed plants:
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Butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa
Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incanarta
Spider milkweed, Asclepius viridis
Whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata
Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Purple milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens

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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