Re: swamp milkweed
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  • Subject: Re: swamp milkweed
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:48:41 -0500
I'd love to grow it but it will not grow in this black gumbo clay.  Tried it
numerous times.

On 6/10/10, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> 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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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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