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typwc wrote:
Coleup, I grew a pink swamp milkweed in my yard for years. It was abused by spider mites and aphids before it even got a chance to flower and be a beneficials magnet. It was too far away from the hose for me to regularly spray off the bugs, and using an insecticide defeated the purpose. The plant finally gave up the ghost last summer and I can't say I was really sad about it. It reseeded like mad, so if you aren't actually trying to have a yard full of swamp milkweed, be careful about letting it reseed (even if your yard is not swampy!).

Speedie, I'll take a look at what I have. Most of the various species are just a few seeds of each. I have a random unlabeled baggie full of some kind of asclepias seeds, it can only be swamp milkweed or butterfly weed because those are the only two kinds I've collected. I'll bring that and you guys can do what you want with them. :)