Re: swamp milkweed
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  • Subject: Re: swamp milkweed
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:24:20 +0000 (UTC)
It's Asclepias tuberosa, a bright orange. 

Bonnie 
ETN Zone 7 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andreah" <andreah@hargray.com> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:36:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: RE: [CHAT] swamp milkweed 

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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