Looks like a incarnata that got to much shade. That's why the leaves are broad.

That would make sense, I guess. I do grow A. incarnata. This one is prettier and lusher but I guess it is just the luck of the genetics.

Could it have been a quadrifolia?

That would be disappointing since it is rare and gone!

Do you have any other pictures of it?

I don't think I do. I know I didn't take a picture of the leaves so that won't help. Plus I can't remember where the pics are in my catalog. If I find them though, I will post. I appreciate your help.

I found some more pictures of this milkweed from 2005. It does look like A. incarnata. I don't see seeds for this color but maybe if I try a white variety, I'll get something like this eventually.

It's pretty...maybe you should eliminate the competing hydrangea for it? Or maybe take cuttings (lol) and start some elsewhere (more realistic)?

I wish I took cuttings but it is long gone and I'm not even sure the hydrangea is still around. I wanted to replace it with the same. I guess this will go down on the list of plants I've regretfully lost. Maybe I'll try Cinderella and Ice Ballet.

You haven't been throwing seeds of other milkweed species around the yard, have you? It's as pretty color, too bad they don't sell seeds for that variation, the cultivar that never was lol. The flower color reminds me of A. fascicularis.

"the cultivar that never was..." Haha!

I don't remember it ever going to seed and it grew before it was common for people to grow milkweed in their gardens except maybe if you were Ellen Hornig. So no self sowers. I have the average A incarnata now with the dull purple color. I bought the hydrangea from Windrose Nursery way back in 2001 so it came from them. Windrose was a mail order nursery in PA that went out of business. If I can find the old catalog, who knows, maybe they offered milkweed. Thinking of the timeline, maybe it is an Ice Ballet with a blush.

BTW, Jay, those substitutes are nice suggestions.

Not the fascicularis, that's a western species. I sowed seeds for the A. perennis. I ordered some perennis seeds and they came from the same guy that was selling the variegata seeds. I'm growing both the regular incarnata and the Ice Ballet. Maybe they will cross pollinate and I'll get a vollunteer like you had lol. I already started some Calotropis plants under lights and alltogether I'm growing about 30 milkweeds. I might put a new thread about them here in the spring. I have a native plants thread and I've been doing all my milkweed tributes over there.

Very nice. The calotropis is interesting. Are you going to overwinter it? I wish I had so much room to try so many milkweeds. This year I will grow the redring and Gomphocarpus fruticosus. I have other seedlings that I haven't given the proper space to take off but I have additional space this year around my son's eagle project so I'm looking forward to establishing a few plants.

I don't have a greenhouse and there isn't any good light in my house, and I don't know anyone with a greenhouse I can use (yet) so I don't think I will be overwintering the Calotropis. I have lights, so I think I will try rooting cuttings and growing them under lights during next winter. I only have 4 plants out of 25 seeds. None of the Calotropis gigantea germinated. The Calotropis procera is supposed to be the more fragrant. Both species look almost identical. I think I might have gotten the Gomphocarpus physocarpus and fruticosa seeds mixed up. Those 2 species look very similar too. I think the fruticosa is a smaller plant.

Sorry that your seeds didn't germinate but don't give up yet.

I probably posted this picture of G physocarpus already. I was never interested in growing it until I saw it in the garden at NYBG. Now I'm sold. Have you either species before? I am assuming they flower in one year similar to the tropicals?

Yes, they flower the first year from seed. I grew them in a spot that didn't get enough sun so I didn't get many flowers. I had moved what I thought was a Gomphocarpus into a pot so it could get more sun. It was then eaten down to a stick. It recovered and started getting buds. It turned out to be a tropical and the 2 plants I thought were tropicals were really Gomphocarpus. I got a late start with all my plants last year. Anyways it was getting late and I finally got to see just one Gomphocarpus flower and it was beautiful. The Monarch caterpillars loved the Gomphocarpus and ate them down to sticks also. I'm going to start my Gomphocarpus earlier and sow more seeds of them so I have a decent number of plants. They grow very fast.

Thanks for that information. It is hard to get some of the less vigorous milkweeds going. They do get eaten down. Every year something new finds them.

I just found out there is a eastern subspecies of Asclepias incarnata called Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra. It looks close to your picture.

Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra

I never came across that subspecies with all my searches. It does look close. It also reminds me of a pale Cinderella or Soulmate.

I've been studying milkweeds for awhile, and only now came across it. I was looking at Asclepias seeds on ebay and came across it. I'd like to grow it sometime, but I've got enough milkweeds to keep me busy this year. A friend in Texas got the same variegata seeds we did and her's had good germination and are growing. I have seedlings under lights. Asclepias curassavica, Gomphocarpus physocarpus, Gomphocarpus fruticosa, Calotropis procera, Dregea sinensis, Tweedia caerulea, Tweedia solanoides, Gomphocarpus cancellatus.

Of course you want to grow it! No surprise! Haha!

Your milkweed is looking good! I didn't start them yet but I will very soon. Good to know about the germination for the redring. I am also going to start some tropical seeds and Gomphocarpus fruticosus. I ordered a plant of Ice Ballet instead of seeds. That's more than enough for me since I have young plants too. I have seedlings that I'm not sure where to plant.

I'm interested in how you do with the tweedia. You are in a cold zone so are you going to try to overwinter or do you think they will produce in one year?

I'm hoping the Tweedia blooms in the first year, or else I will have to bring it in. I read the Dregea vines can bloom in the first year, and can also be started from cuttings. They are large vines that kind of look like Hoyas. I sowed seeds for Ice Ballet. I grew 1 plant of it years ago and it was beautiful. I somehow got my fruticosa seeds mixed up with the physocarpus seeds. They are supposed to look very similar. I wonder if I'll be able to see a difference between them. Yeah, any of my native milkweeds having a subspecies is very interesting. I am tempted lol.

I am tempted too especially since it can stay outside. Both Gomphocarpus are suppose to be similar but C fruticosus is suppose to be more compact so I chose that one.

Just learned Houzz had a data breach May 23 2018. I was never notified or told to change my password. They got Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Social media profiles, Usernames. Supposedly we were notified in February? Were you?

https://help.houzz.com/s/article/security-update?language=en_US

Yes, I do recall being notified and asked to change my password. I had heard they probably didn't get personal info. I think I've had to get about 4 new credit cards issued because of people getting the numbers. I would just change your password, and not worry about it.

I did. Most places would force a password change.