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Swamp Milkweed Cinderella in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

 

Swamp Milkweed 'Cinderella'

Milkweed is so named after the milky sap that exudes from broken or cut stems, and which is a skin irritant, and toxic. It has simple leaves, and bears complex globe-shaped, fragrant flowers in Summer. Both the leaves and flowers are important as the food source for Monarch butterflies, and are also attractive to bees and other butterflies. 'Cinderella' is a marginal plant with stiff upright stems. Umbels of rose pink flowers dotted with white open from dark pink buds in mid-summer to early autumn. The flowers are followed by long narrow seed-pods that split open, revealing seeds with long silky threads.

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plant Features
  • Swamp Milkweed Cinderella likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Swamp Milkweed Cinderella likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

  • Swamp Milkweed Cinderella is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Swamp Milkweed Cinderella likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Swamp Milkweed 'Cinderella'

Latin name

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

type

Perennial

family

Apocynaceae

ph

4.8 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Swamp Milkweed Cinderella likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Swamp Milkweed Cinderella is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Swamp Milkweed Cinderella likes moist and fertile

    Moist and fertile

  • Water

    Swamp Milkweed Cinderella likes frequent watering

    Frequent watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Swamp Milkweed Cinderella is 1.00meters x 1.00meters 1.00 M 1.00 M

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Milkweed is so named after the milky sap that exudes from broken or cut stems, and which is a skin irritant, and toxic. It has simple leaves, and bears complex globe-shaped, fragrant flowers in Summer. Both the leaves and flowers are important as the food source for Monarch butterflies, and are also attractive to bees and other butterflies. 'Cinderella' is a marginal plant with stiff upright stems. Umbels of rose pink flowers dotted with white open from dark pink buds in mid-summer to early autumn. The flowers are followed by long narrow seed-pods that split open, revealing seeds with long silky threads.


Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

These plants have a long tap-root, and because if this they don't transplant easily. The best chance of a survival rate when transplanting is to do it in Spring. Generally speaking, though, it is better to sow in situ, to avoid the need to transplant. Sow in a sunny sheltered site.

 

Propagating by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Sow in Spring in situ - in a sunny, sheltered site. The seeds can be sown in Autumn, but need a chilling period first (three weeks or so in the fridge would suffice)

 

Flowering

From Early Summer TO Late Summer

Milkweed - both the leaves and flowers -is the food source for monarch butterflies, and as such is an important plant for anyone interested in supporting the monarch butterfly population. The flowers appear in Summer

 
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