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Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca seeds
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.
Antelope horns, Asclepias asperula 25 seeds
Asclepias asperula 25 seeds. Antelope horns is one of the first milkweed plants the monarchs find as they arrive in Texas on the migration north. The tender new shoots are one of the first milkweeds to emerge in the spring as a result of precipitation and warming weather.
Hairy Balls, Gomphocarpus physocarpus 50 seeds
50 seeds Hairy Balls. Gomphocarpus physocarpus. The bloom is complex and requires insects for pollination. Nectar flower for many pollinators. Host plant to the monarch butterfly. Easy to grow annual flower.
Showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa seeds
Asclepias speciosa seeds. Showy milkweed. The seeds you will receive were hand collected by me in the location and year of your choice in the product opptions. The seeds have been stored dry at room temperature. Milkweed seed viability remains high for most of a decade. The one gram packets contain approximately 100 seeds of Asclepias speciosa.
Arizona milkweed Asclepias angustifolia 25 seeds
Arizona milkweed Asclepias angustifolia 25 seeds per packet.
Arizona milkweed is a southern Arizona endemic milkweed. The habitat is riparian streams at low to mid elevations. The milkweeds native range is only within Arizona. The plant has been demonstrated to grow well in Las Vegas, Texas and California gardens. It can be grown in frost free locations.This heat loving milkweed can grow with very little water but prefers to grow in a part shade location with irrigation for best results.
Seeds grown in Travis county Texas and harvested in January 2021.
Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata seeds
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.
Location/Date
New Mexico/2020 is an Asclepias incarnata spp. pulchra packet that contains 25 seeds.
South Dakota/2020 is an Asclepias incarnata packet that contains one gram of seeds.
Utah/2021 is an Asclepias incarnata packet collected in a roadside marsh North of Salt Lake City Utah that contains 25 seeds.
Mexican whorled milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis 25 seeds
Top quality asclepias fascicularis seeds. Packet contains 25 seeds. Germination of 50% or more in seven days using water germination and no cold moist stratification. Germination rate may increase with a pretreatment like winter sowing or cold moist stratification.
Green antelopehorn, Asclepias viridis 25 seeds
Talayote, Cynanchum unifarium seeds
Talayote, Cynanchum racemosum 10 seeds. Collected in Travis county Texas in January of 2020. Due to a recent taxon change the package label says the previous name: Cynanchum racemosum. The new botanical nomenclature is now Cynanchum unifarium - Talayote.
Calotropis procera 25 seeds. Collected in Maui Hawaii in March of 2021. This seed was donated and your purchase funds a packet of Free Milkweed Seeds for another person. Common names include Giant milkweed, Sodom's Apple, Dead Sea Apple, Rooster Tree, Rubber Bush and Milkweed tree. Zone 10-11 plant will like special treatment in colder zones during winter. Can be grown in an island (container). Blooms in under a year. Seed germinates in fewer than four days. Plant will continue to grow for many years when protected from cold weather.
Milkweed Medley, Tropical Blend .5 gram
Milkweed Medley, Tropical Blend .5 gram
Milkweed seed mix contains a trifecta of milkweed seeds:
Primarily asclepias curassavica red/yellow (Mexican bloodflower)
Secondary asclepias curassavica yellow/yellow (Silky gold)
Compleeting the trifecta is gomphocarpus phsyocarpus (Hairy Balls)
Seeds collected in Richmond California during 2020.
Purchase of this seed packet sponsors a packet of Free Milkweed Seed for another gardener.
