Re: swamp milkweed
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  • Subject: Re: swamp milkweed
  • From: &* <k*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:58:56 -0500
I think Auralie's is syriaca (Common Milweed) and the color is pink, mauve, or white. Mine is incarnata, colors are the same. I got mine bareroot last year (Cinderella cultivar) so I don't know how quickly they'll grow. Bloom time is July August. Asyriaca bloom is June-August. A tuberosa (orange, but there is a yellow cultivar) blooms June-August.
I didn't know that A tuberosa would bloom the first year from seed. I got mine as a dormant potted plant last year. It had some bloom by August. But this year - wow - it filled out quickly and started blooming probably the first of June. A incarnata has buds now but I know it blooms later than the others.
Yes, Andrea, I'm pretty sure I sent them to you. Keep me posted on their progress - I find this interesting. I doubt my seedlings will bloom as they are just dropped seed -too many, too thick, too much competition. I'm hoping though that if I pot up some, that they'll thrive. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "andreah" <andreah@hargray.com> 



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

Kitty-didn't you send me some? Someone DID!  It's the pink and white yes?
All of mine germinated, and are noticeably slower growing than the orange,
which I planted at the same time. The orange is already blooming so I hope
yours blooms this summer too. I literally just planted the seeds this
spring. So, keep your fingers crossed-hopefully soon!!!!!!
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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