Milkweed: why should you grow it, and what you need to know about growing?
All you need to know about how to grow milkweed and why it will be a delight to have it in your garden. I've been growing common milkweed - Asclepias syriaca - for about 4 years now in Northern California Foothills. It loves my garden, adores it with delightful blooms every year (except for the 1st year). Milkweed flowers are amazingly fragrant and attract numerous pollinators. Honey bees love them. Monarch butterflies caterpillars feed on milkweed leaves, so growing milkweed contributes to the restoration of the Monarch butterfly habitat. In the video I will show you the beauty of the plant flowers and its exotic fruits - seedpods, give you tips about how to propagate milkweed, and how to grow it from seed.
If you are as addicted to gardening as we are here @AuthenticGardening - I hope you'll enjoy the video and learn a few things. Thank you for watching.
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Always good to see you!
@AuthenticGardening
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Here in San Antonio, TX, our native milkweed is called Zizotes. I’m growing some, and not long ago, we hosted some monarch caterpillars and had the pleasure of releasing them when they became butterflies. It’s. important to grow native milkweeds in order to not disrupt the migration of the monarchs. Thank you for the nicely done review.
@AuthenticGardening
2 жыл бұрын
You were lucky to witness the miracle of butterfly being born...
@tonimariegarcia5772
2 жыл бұрын
@@AuthenticGardening Yes, and we now have 10 black swallowtail caterpillars cocooned and waiting to emerge. I didn’t realize that our fennel plant was a host plant for them. They ate it down to the root, lol, but they were amazing to watch. 🌻
What a lovely channel! Awesome stuff :)
@AuthenticGardening
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, enjoy!
Thanks for making this video. I love butterflies !!! Now, I know what to do to attack them to my house.😃
@AuthenticGardening
3 жыл бұрын
Good luck! The good thing about milkweed - it's easy... at least that is my experience with growing it
Would love a tour of your milkweed garden 🪴
@AuthenticGardening
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe someday you'll have your own to walk thru and enjoy!
I wonder if I’ve failed to germinate milkweed seeds because I didn’t know about putting them in the fridge? I’ll definitely have to try that!
@AuthenticGardening
2 жыл бұрын
There may be several reasons why seeds failed to germinate. They might have been old, dead. Bugs might have eaten the tender seedlings right after germination, Birds or rodents might have disturbed the soil and kill the germinated seeds. You might have planted them too deep, gave too much water, or not enough water. Etc., etc. To tell you the truth, I knew nothing about keeping them cold before planting, when I threw my seeds onto soil, but they germinated and grew wonderful plants anyhow. So, try again, and you might have a better luck growing this wonderful plant. And if you fail again, leave another comment, and I might be able to mail you seeds or even live sprouts
@lisascenic
2 жыл бұрын
@@AuthenticGardening Thanks for your thoughtful reply, which I somehow failed to see when you wrote it. I’ve got some not-very-fresh milkweed chilling in the fridge. We’ll see what happens this year! I get plenty of Anise Swallowtail caterpillars on the fennel I grow for them.