Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
Swamp Milkweed 'Ice Ballet'
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. 'Ice Ballet' is a clump-forming milkweed that forms a taproot. It has slender leaves similar to willow leaves, and in Summer clusters of white flowers that are very attractive to butterflies. The flowers are followed by 4" seed-pods that split and release silken-parachuted seeds that get taken on the wind. This a a marginal plant that needs moist or saturated soil
Contributed by @mn-5a
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Full sun to partial shade
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Frequent watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Swamp Milkweed 'Ice Ballet'
Latin name
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
type
Perennial
family
Apocynaceae
ph
4.8 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
1.00 M
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
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. 'Ice Ballet' is a clump-forming milkweed that forms a taproot. It has slender leaves similar to willow leaves, and in Summer clusters of white flowers that are very attractive to butterflies. The flowers are followed by 4" seed-pods that split and release silken-parachuted seeds that get taken on the wind. This a a marginal plant that needs moist or saturated soil
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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