Asclepias involucrata

August 04, 2024 00:04:18
Asclepias involucrata
Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Asclepias involucrata

Aug 04 2024 | 00:04:18

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Show Notes

A sentimental episode written and recorded amidst the cluttered space that I call books and bones. Thank goodness for a milkweed plant to help me snap out of it! Asclepias involucrata has a wide range in the southwestern US and into Mexico. I don’t remember ever seeing it offered in a nursery , but then I don’t remember a lot of stuff. But hey, it is a perennial with a woody tap root, so I’m thinking It would be a fun addition to a wildflower pollinator garden. Queen butterflies and their following caterpillars certainly thought it was a nice addition…

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