RE: swamp milkweed
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: RE: swamp milkweed
  • From: &* <a*@hargray.com>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:36:13 -0400
I should have some of the orange seeds too. I can't ever remember the
species name. So the orange is tuberosa and the pink is incarnata?
A
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Kitty
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:28 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] swamp milkweed

Me, too, please, Auralie.  I could trade you some of the A incarnata if 
you'd like.

You're right, Bonnie.  A tuberosa is lovely - that bright, hot orange knocks

you're socks off!
That's saying a lot coming from a cool-color-preference gardener.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] swamp milkweed


> Just be sure to remind me in a couple of months.
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 6/10/2010 3:35:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bonnie_holmes@comcast.net writes:
>
> Me, too. One of our milkweed seen by the highways and in fields is
> Asclepias tuberosa, a bright orange; I wish the common name wasn't
> "Butterfly weed" as it is oft-putting to many newer gardeners. It likes
> hot, dry areas so is good for a drought resistant beds. We also have
> Asclepias incarnata, A. quadrifolia, and A variegata.
>
>
> Bonnie
> ETN Zone 7
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:01:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] swamp milkweed
>
> I would LOVE some seeds!!!
>
>
> On 6/10/10, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
>> Of course, some of the people who want me to get rid of my
>> beloved milkweed are the same ones who will pay dollars for
>> the pods. If mine make good pods and seed this fall - they
>> don't always - I'll be glad to share seeds. Just remind me in
>> the fall - my memory isn't what it once was.
>> Auralie
>
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