Grow guide
How to grow Milkweed Showy
Asclepias speciosa
- Type
- Milkweed
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–9
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 365–548 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Very hardy
- Sowing
- direct/transplant
- Start indoors
- 6 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water As needed
- Deadhead As needed
- Mulch Annual
Notes
Western native with woolly star-shaped blooms; grows 2-4 ft; blooms year 2; cold-stratify seeds 30 days before spring sowing.
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