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        • Aquatic milkweed, Asclepias perennis
        • Arizona milkweed, Asclepias angustifolia
        • Bear mountain milkweed, Asclepias scaposa
        • Bract milkweed, Asclepias brachystephana
        • Broadleaf milkweed, Asclepias latifolia
        • Butterfly milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
        • California milkweed, Asclepias californica
        • Carolina milkweed, Asclepias cinerea
        • Clasping milkweed, Asclepias amplexicaulis
        • Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
        • Curtiss' milkweed, Asclepias curtissii
        • Cutler's milkweed, Asclepias cutleri
        • Desert milkweed, Asclepias erosa
        • Dwarf milkweed, Asclepias involucrata
        • Emory's milkweed, Asclepias emoryi
        • Engelmann's milkweed, Asclepias engelmanniana
        • Fewflower milkweed, Asclepias lanceolata
        • Florida milkweed, Asclepias feayi
        • Fourleaf milkweed, Asclepias quadrifolia
        • Green antelopehorn, Asclepias viridis
        • Green Comet milkweed, Asclepias viridiflora
        • Greene's milkweed, Asclepias californica ssp. greenei
        • Hall's milkweed, Asclepias hallii
        • Heartleaf milkweed, Asclepias cordifolia
        • Horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata
        • Jewel milkweed, Asclepias cryptoceras
        • Largeflower milkweed, Asclepias connivens
        • Lemmon's milkweed, Asclepias lemmonii
        • Longhood milkweed, Asclepias macrotis
        • Longleaf milkweed, Asclepias longifolia
        • Mahogany milkweed, Asclepias hypoleuca
        • Mead's milkweed, Asclepias meadii
        • Mexican whorled milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis
        • Michaux's milkweed, Asclepias michauxii
        • Mojave milkweed, Asclepias nyctaginifolia
        • Nodding milkweed, Asclepias glaucescens
        • Oval-leaf milkweed, Asclepias ovalifolia
        • Parish's woolly milkweed, Asclepias vestita
        • Pineland milkweed, Asclepias obovata
        • Pineneedle milkweed, Asclepias linaria
        • Pinewoods milkweed, Asclepias humistrata
        • Plains milkweed, Asclepias pumila
        • Poke milkweed, Asclepias exaltata
        • Prairie milkweed, Asclepias sullivantii
        • Prostrate milkweed, Asclepias prostrata
        • Purple milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens
        • Red milkweed, Asclepias rubra
        • Redring milkweed, Asclepias variegata
        • Rusby's milkweed, Asclepias rusbyi
        • Rush milkweed, Asclepias subulata
        • Ruth's milkweed, Asclepias uncialis
        • Sand milkweed, Asclepias arenaria
        • Savannah milkweed, Asclepias pedicellata
        • Serpentine milkweed, Asclepias solanoana
        • Showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa
        • Sidecluster milkweed, Asclepias lanuginosa
        • Slim milkweed, Asclepias linearis
        • Slimleaf milkweed, Asclepias stenophylla
        • Slimpod milkweed, Asclepias quinquedentata
        • Southern milkweed, Asclepias viridula
        • Sperry's milkweed, Asclepias sperryi
        • Spider milkweed, Asclepias asperula
        • Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
        • Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra
        • Tall green milkweed, Asclepias hirtella
        • Texas milkweed, Asclepias texana
        • Tuba milkweed, Asclepias tomentosa
        • Tufted milkweed, Asclepias nummularia
        • Utah milkweed, Asclepias labriformis
        • Welsh's milkweed, Asclepias welshii
        • Wheel milkweed, Asclepias uncialis
        • Whitestem milkweed, Asclepias albicans
        • Whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata
        • Woolly milkweed, Asclepias vestita
        • Woollypod milkweed, Asclepias eriocarpa
        • Zizotes milkweed, Asclepias oenotheroides
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    • Milkweed Plants >
      • Milkweed >
        • Aquatic milkweed, Asclepias perennis
        • Arizona milkweed, Asclepias angustifolia
        • Bear mountain milkweed, Asclepias scaposa
        • Bract milkweed, Asclepias brachystephana
        • Broadleaf milkweed, Asclepias latifolia
        • Butterfly milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
        • California milkweed, Asclepias californica
        • Carolina milkweed, Asclepias cinerea
        • Clasping milkweed, Asclepias amplexicaulis
        • Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
        • Curtiss' milkweed, Asclepias curtissii
        • Cutler's milkweed, Asclepias cutleri
        • Desert milkweed, Asclepias erosa
        • Dwarf milkweed, Asclepias involucrata
        • Emory's milkweed, Asclepias emoryi
        • Engelmann's milkweed, Asclepias engelmanniana
        • Fewflower milkweed, Asclepias lanceolata
        • Florida milkweed, Asclepias feayi
        • Fourleaf milkweed, Asclepias quadrifolia
        • Green antelopehorn, Asclepias viridis
        • Green Comet milkweed, Asclepias viridiflora
        • Greene's milkweed, Asclepias californica ssp. greenei
        • Hall's milkweed, Asclepias hallii
        • Heartleaf milkweed, Asclepias cordifolia
        • Horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata
        • Jewel milkweed, Asclepias cryptoceras
        • Largeflower milkweed, Asclepias connivens
        • Lemmon's milkweed, Asclepias lemmonii
        • Longhood milkweed, Asclepias macrotis
        • Longleaf milkweed, Asclepias longifolia
        • Mahogany milkweed, Asclepias hypoleuca
        • Mead's milkweed, Asclepias meadii
        • Mexican whorled milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis
        • Michaux's milkweed, Asclepias michauxii
        • Mojave milkweed, Asclepias nyctaginifolia
        • Nodding milkweed, Asclepias glaucescens
        • Oval-leaf milkweed, Asclepias ovalifolia
        • Parish's woolly milkweed, Asclepias vestita
        • Pineland milkweed, Asclepias obovata
        • Pineneedle milkweed, Asclepias linaria
        • Pinewoods milkweed, Asclepias humistrata
        • Plains milkweed, Asclepias pumila
        • Poke milkweed, Asclepias exaltata
        • Prairie milkweed, Asclepias sullivantii
        • Prostrate milkweed, Asclepias prostrata
        • Purple milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens
        • Red milkweed, Asclepias rubra
        • Redring milkweed, Asclepias variegata
        • Rusby's milkweed, Asclepias rusbyi
        • Rush milkweed, Asclepias subulata
        • Ruth's milkweed, Asclepias uncialis
        • Sand milkweed, Asclepias arenaria
        • Savannah milkweed, Asclepias pedicellata
        • Serpentine milkweed, Asclepias solanoana
        • Showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa
        • Sidecluster milkweed, Asclepias lanuginosa
        • Slim milkweed, Asclepias linearis
        • Slimleaf milkweed, Asclepias stenophylla
        • Slimpod milkweed, Asclepias quinquedentata
        • Southern milkweed, Asclepias viridula
        • Sperry's milkweed, Asclepias sperryi
        • Spider milkweed, Asclepias asperula
        • Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
        • Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra
        • Tall green milkweed, Asclepias hirtella
        • Texas milkweed, Asclepias texana
        • Tuba milkweed, Asclepias tomentosa
        • Tufted milkweed, Asclepias nummularia
        • Utah milkweed, Asclepias labriformis
        • Welsh's milkweed, Asclepias welshii
        • Wheel milkweed, Asclepias uncialis
        • Whitestem milkweed, Asclepias albicans
        • Whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata
        • Woolly milkweed, Asclepias vestita
        • Woollypod milkweed, Asclepias eriocarpa
        • Zizotes milkweed, Asclepias oenotheroides
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Show notes episode 48
GMP 48: Zone 8b Mild Winter Milkweed Growing and Seed Starting
January 24, 2021

Show notes episode 47
GMP 46: RIP Tropical Milkweeds

​October 20, 2020

Show notes episode 46
GMP 46: A Dose of Milkweed with Danny Sanchez

​April 19, 2020

Show notes episode 45
GMP 45: Blood Avocados And The Cartel
​February 29, 2020

Show notes episode 44
GMP 44: Giant Milkweed and Hawaiian Monarchs of Kauai Hawaii
January 19, 2020

Show notes episode 45
GMP 43: Tucson Area Milkweed

January 8, 2020

Show notes season 5 episode 1
GMP 42: 
Asclepias welshii aka Welsh's milkweed at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes
​December 5, 2019

Show notes season 4 episode 2
GMP 41: Florida milkweed rundown and some fun over asclepias in Nevada

​July 13, 2019

Show notes season 4 episode 1
GMP 40: Oh snap! Las Vegas has a lot of milkweed.

​May 11, 2019

Show notes season 3 episode 12
GMP 39: Milkweed Butterflies of the Rio Grande Valley

​October 27, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 11
GMP 38: Tahoe-Pyramid Trail Exploration
​August 28, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 10
GMP 37: Milkweed clothing. Is it the next big thing or just a fad?
​August 14, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 9
GMP 36: Water Germination of Milkweed Seeds
​July 6, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 8
GMP 35: Mazatlan's Milkweed and the Monarch's Extinction 
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June 27, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 7
GMP 34: California Pipevine Experience at San Francisco Botanical Garden 
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May 2, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 6
GMP 33: April Showers bring May Milkweed 
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April 28, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 5
GMP 32: Lynn Rosenblatt, author of MONARCH MAGIC and MONARCH BUDDIES dedicates 20 years to "POM-POM Paradise!" 
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April 2, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 4
GMP - 31 Milkweed Madness 
​March 7, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 3
GMP - 30 Conversation with Anurag Agrawal author of Monarchs and Milkweed. 
​February 1, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 2
GMP - 29 Winter Sown. Garden Grown. 
​January 12, 2018

Show notes season 3 episode 1
GMP - 28 Grow Milkweed Plants is a verb. Lets get started! 
​October 26, 2017

Show notes season 2 episode 17
Episode 27 - Asclepias cryptoceras, jewel of the foothills.
​May 31, 2017

Show notes season 2 episode 16
Episode 26 - Milkweed Sap; My Heart Loves You -Buy My Eyes Are Blinded By You
May 24, 2017

Show notes season 2 episode 15
Episode 25 - Play Milkweed Madness 2017
March 10, 2017


Show notes season 2 episode 14
Episode 24 - Arizona Milkweed & the Queen Butterfly
​November 23, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 13
Episode 23 - Australia Wanderer Butterfly
November 4, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 12
Episode 22 - Milkweed Jacket Keeps Canadians Warm
October 24, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 11
​Episode 21 - Mid-season Monarch Butterfly Rearing Supersode
August 28, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 10
​Episode 20 - California Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly
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August 20, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 9
Episode 19 - Chasing Butterflies
July 19, 2016


Show notes season 2 episode 8
Episode 18 - Common Milkweed in Omaha Nebraska. Zorinsky Lake Park is host to three kinds of milkweed
June 19, 2016


Show notes season 2 episode 7
Episode 17 - Milkweed at Large, Seeking Out Milkweed in Washoe County, Nevada
June 9, 2016



Show notes season 2 episode 6
​Episode 16 - 1M Monarchs vs. a Mine, MexiRocks, Garden Vandalism & Jewel Milkweed
May 12, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 5
Episode 15 - Monarchs And Milkweed Are Done With Freezing Weather
April 4, 2016


Show notes season 2 episode 4
​Episode 014 - Eastern Population and Milkweed Madness
March 2, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 3
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​Episode 013 - Western Monarch Butterfly Population 2015
​February 10, 2016

Show notes season 2 episode 2
​Episode 012 - Braderfly at the Museum
January 5, 2016

Show notes​ season 2 episode 1
​Episode 011 - Pacific Grove Monarchs
January 11, 2016

Show notes season 1 episode 10
Episode 010 - Yosemite Monarchs and More
September 10, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 9
Episode 009 - Peak Monarch Breeding Season
August 5, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 8
Episode 008 - Multi-State Milkweed Status
July 5, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 7
Episode 007 - Spring Sightings of Monarchs and Milkweed
May 8, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 6
Episode 006 - Texas Monarch Migration 2015
April 8, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 5
Episode 005 - March Monarch Madness
Mar 26, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 4
Episode 004 - Milkweed First Growth
Mar 14, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 3
Episode 003 - Monarch Population 2014
​Feb 19, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 2
Episode 002 - Overwintering Monarch Butterflies
Jan 30, 2015

Show notes season 1 episode 1
Episode 001 - Milkweed Motivations
​Jan 20, 2015

Show notes
Episode 000 - About Brad Grimm at Grow Milkweed Plants
​Jan 9, 2015



Why Podcast about milkweed of all things?

In the Winter of 1996 I took a class field trip to see monarch butterflies. I didn't realize at that time that it was the peak of their population. 
I began learning about milkweed and the vital role it plays in the monarchs life. As an avid podcast listener I decided I would use podcasting to share my milkweed story. If you have a milkweed story that you would like to share you can reach me at growmilkweedplants@gmail.com Take a moment to listen to the archives below and then subscribe to hear all the new episodes automatically as they are released.

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