Butterfly weed seed heads
Mar 12, 2019 18:34:47 #
Butterfly weed - Asclepias tuberosa - is a milkweed species, one of about 200 milkweed species in the world, close to 80 of them occurring in the US. It is fairly common all over the eastern half of the US. It is as widespread, if not as common, as Swamp milkweed and Common milkweed.
The BONAP (the Biota of North America Program) maps showing where the different milkweed species can be found are here:
http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Asclepias
We have had good success getting these seeds to germinate, but then getting the seedlings thorough that first year is another story. They don't compete well, and don't handle transplanting well, either.
Mike
Butterfly weed seeds I on Flickr
Butterfly weed seeds II on Flickr
Butterfly weed seeds III on Flickr
The BONAP (the Biota of North America Program) maps showing where the different milkweed species can be found are here:
http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Asclepias
We have had good success getting these seeds to germinate, but then getting the seedlings thorough that first year is another story. They don't compete well, and don't handle transplanting well, either.
Mike
Butterfly weed seeds I on Flickr
Butterfly weed seeds II on Flickr
Butterfly weed seeds III on Flickr
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Excellently detailed captures... Hope my seeds germinate...
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Mar 13, 2019 12:19:43 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Excellently detailed captures... Hope my seeds germinate...
What method are you using?
Mike
Mar 13, 2019 12:22:36 #
Mar 13, 2019 12:37:25 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
What method are you using?
Mike
Mike
I've just had them in an unheated garage.
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