Asclepias fascicularis

#narrowleaf #milkweed #seedling 💕

#narrowleaf #milkweed #seedling 💕

Are you supposed to ignore #milkweed or should I put it outside (although were freezing temperatures still)? I just don't understand why is getting to this point then dropping their leaves. I've almost killed off all the showy milkweed, and now this one. 😕 Any advice @treefrog44 Butterfly Queen and @cyndi Sage? 💕

They may be to wet, or humid? Or vice versa. They are too small to survive cold temps. Try putting them in bigger pots. I've never grown then indoors.... not sure what's making them mad 😞

I'll try bigger pots, and moving them to a drier location. Thanks @cyndi @treefrog44

I don't know any food boosts. Ideas? @cyndi

#narrowleafmilkweed #milkweed #savethebutterflies #butterfly

#narrowleafmilkweed #milkweed #grownfromseed

#narrowleafmilkweed #seedlings #grownfromseed #jennplanted180101

@KariSamuel does this look like a variety of #milkweed that you have? It says it's native to Klamath-Siskiyou areas... I germinated some easily and just transplanted them outdoors today. 🙂

Same flower cluster, but I don't know without seeing the leaves... 😔

Bummer deal @KariSamuel ! If my transplants take, I'll get a pic of them tomorrow.

#jennseeds2018

Narrowleaf milkweed or Mexican whorled milkweed is a flowering perennial sending up many thin, erect stems and bearing distinctive long pointed leaves which are very narrow and often whorled about the stem, giving the plant its common names. It blooms in clusters of lavender or lavender-tinted white flowers which have five reflexed lobes that extend down away from the blossom

Milkweeds in general are the larval host plants for Monarch butterflies, making this species more popular lately. However, the milkweed gardener must be prepared for the plant to be eaten by Monarch caterpillars. Also, the plant is deciduous in winter so it will lose all its leaves and sometimes die back to the ground. #butterflies #monarch #host

Works well with a wide variety of other plants, but is best used where its winter leaf loss and summer consumption by caterpillars will not be the center of attention. Also, plant a number of milkweeds in proximity so that caterpillars will have a sufficient amount to eat.

Use with showy, nectar-rich plants that will attract adult Monarchs, such as Indian Mallow (Abutilon palmeri), Ceanothus sp., Western Thistle (Cersium occidentale), California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia), California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum), Buckwheat (Eriogonum sp.), Mint (Monardella sp.), Monkeyflower (Mimulus sp.), Penstemon sp., Sages (Salvia sp.), Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) #companionplanting

http://esrp.csustan.edu/vfpc/profiles/ASFA.pdf

#directsow #october #milkweed

#jennplanted180101 four 6-pack trays that #germinated under the grow lights after #stratification of eight months. 😳 (Don’t forget about seeds in the refrigerator!)