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Showy Milkweed

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Loved by butterflies and bees; required host plant for monarch butterflies. Drought-tolerant.I don't know why this seed is so hard to find, because it is native to the entire United States and much of Canada west of the Mississippi. Beautiful pale pink stars really sparkle against a dark pink background. You can see a bee in Karen Morton's picture here. Silvery-green leaves set off the flowers and enable monarch caterpillars to survive. "Showy milkweed's tough, extensive root system, drought tolerance, and minimal nutrient requirements make it a good species for stabilizing and restoring degraded areas." according to the USDA. (That root system means it may be too aggressive next to more polite flowers.) It is a threatened species in some states, like the butterflies it nurtures. Asclepias speciosa 20 seeds

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  • Home
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    • Plant for Summer
    • Vegetable Seeds >
      • Arugula
      • Beans
      • Beets
      • Broccoli and Cima di Rapa
      • Cabbage
      • Carrots & Roots
      • Celery
      • Chard
      • Corn
      • Cucumber
      • Eggplant
      • Fennel
      • Genepools and Landrace Gardening
      • Greens
      • Kale and Collards
      • Lettuce
      • Melons
      • Oil Crops
      • Okra
      • Open-Source Seeds (OSSI)
      • Onions and Leeks
      • Peas
      • Peppers
      • Spinach
      • Squash & Pumpkins
      • Sunflowers
      • Tomatoes
      • Tomatillos/Husk Cherries
      • Turnips and Rutabagas
      • Winter and Greenhouse Vegetables
    • Perennial Vegetable Seeds >
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      • Herb Collections
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    • Grains >
      • Heirloom Wheat Barley Oats & Rye
      • Gluten-Free Grains
    • Cover Crops >
      • Cover Crop Mixes
      • Cover Crops that are Food Crops
      • Decorative Cover Crops
    • Open Source (OSSI)
    • New for 2025
    • Plant for Spring >
      • Spring Vegetables
      • Spring Herbs & Flowers
      • Spring Grains
      • Seeds that Need Winter Cold
      • Fast, Fresh Food
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      • ltalian Fall Specialties
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      • Fall Salad Greens
    • Start these Indoors
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      • Jonathan Spero Varieties
      • Frank Morton Varieties
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