FREE: Milkweed Seeds in Pod

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This auction is for a milkweed pod just brimming with seeds. This is the wild milkweed that grows in Colorado. It grows about 2 feet tall in the wild, but has reached 4 to 4 1/2 feet in my garden. The flowers are incredibly sweet in the Spring, and the plant makes new ones every year once established. "Monarch larvae feed exclusively on plants of the Asclepiadaceae, or milkweeds . Common Milkweed (A. syriaca) is a native perennial plant found in prairies and pastures, along roadsides, and on the banks or edges of ponds and lakes. It is so named because of the milky sap found in its leaves, stems and pods. Common Milkweed is hardy in zones 3-8 and grows 2 to 5 feet high. Thriving in full sun to partial shade, it can be grown in all types of soil. Because it requires minimal amounts of water, milkweed makes a good addition to the xeriscape garden.
The opposite, dark-green leaves of Common milkweed are large, 6-8 inches in length and 2-4 inches wide. Its very fragrant, pink blossoms grow in large, rounded, umbrella-like clusters and are a good source of nectar for adult Monarchs.
In autumn, the flowers develop into spindle-shaped pods, 2-4 inches long. When dry, the pods crack open to disperse fluffy clumps of silk with flat, brown seeds. The silk, actually a tiny tube filled with air, was used to fill life jackets in WWII and is still used to fill natural fiber pillows." Taken from this site: http://coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Flowers/Perenls/milkweed.h tm