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WANTED: Asclepias (Milkweed) Seed

brandon7 TN_zone7

19 years ago

I would love to find someone with a few of these types of Asclepias:

A. incarnata

A. purpurascens

A. variegata

A. viridis

I'd also be interested in other perennial types except syriaca or tuberosa, which I already have. I don't know which other types can be super aggressive like syriaca, but I'm not wanting super aggressive types.

I posted in the seed swap forum and got a couple of responses, but when I tried to contact the responders, they didn't respond back.

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wartikis
18 years ago
Hi Brandon I have Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curussavica)if you are interested, I would love to trade them with your American Persimmon seeds. Thanks Helma
brandon7 TN_zone7
Original Author
18 years ago
Helma, thanks but I have A. curassavica seed. Also, it isn't hardy in my zone. I could still send some American Persimmon seeds for a SASBE of you're interested.

Hardy Asclepias seeds sure are rare here on gardenweb!
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linda_centralokzn6
18 years ago
Brandon,

Here's a post on A. variegata seeds.

Here is a link that might be useful: A. variegata seed
linda_tx8
18 years ago
Brandon, my Praire Moon Nursery catalog has 9 different kinds of Asclepias seeds listed. It lists 3 of those 4 kinds you wanted. The url is:
http://www.prairiemoon.com/
brandon7 TN_zone7
Original Author
18 years ago
Thank you for that information Linda! I'll check them out.

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