Hi all,
I want ALL the milkweeds listed in Plant Files. All I have is Asclepias Curassavica. I want:
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias Asperula
Asclepias Viridis
and ALL the others. I want plants,cuttings, roots and seeds. Thank-you all in advance
All Milkweeds Wanted Please!
I don't have Stachytarpheta cayennensis and Stachytarpheta mutabilis seeds.
Oh, I'm sorry its just that the Stachytarpheta cayennensis and Stachytarpheta mutabilis plants have not produced seeds yet. Have the Asclepias incarnata "Ice Ballet" and Asclepias tuberosa seeds gone through a cold period? If they have gone through a winter or been in the fridge for 1-2 months I'd love some!
Do uou have some milkweed plants or cuttings? You don't have seeds that have gone through a cold period?
If you do not have what I listed above, the I would love the seeds!
I have Asclepias curassavica "Scarlet milkweed", Asclepias speciosa "Showy" (pink),
Asclepias tuberosa (orange) and Asceplias incarnata "Rosy". These are all seeds.
Since I am in zone 4 there is not much I can choose from your list, but I'd like some Hardy ageratum and Bloodflowerr "Silky Gold".
Carol
Yes I would love the seeds! Have they gone through a cold period? I do not want Asclepias curassavica, but I want the others. I really want Asclepias Tuberosa, Speciosa, and Incarnata. I'm sorry I made a mistake in my have list. I only have Bloodflower "Silky Gold" seeds. Is that ok?
The seeds have not gone through a cold period. I use the Wintersown method for a lot of my seeds up here. I will get the seeds ready and in the mail ASAP. Send me your address. My address is: Carol MacDonald, 4647 W. Cedar Lake Road, Greenbush, MI 48738
If you don't mind my askiing, are you starting a Butterfly garden mainly the Monarch.
Carol
Yes I am.
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It is really best to send addresses through dmail.
Okay, thank-you. Do you have Milkweeds? I want all milkweeds even wild ones!
I have wild milkweed where I live, but I don't have seeds or collect seeds from them.
Do you have cuttings or plants. I would love some! What type are they?
No cuttings or plants that are mine. I have no idea what kind they are. Not really what I am into.
Could you get some cuttings or seeds if you see some? What is the flower color? How many are there?
Please I want some! Please!.... If you are not into them than send them to me........Please.....................! read the meassage above!
Anyone with others?
I really want some............Please anyone with some tell me here.
I have A. hirtissima seed-- not stratified tho. Also have the one "hairy B***s"-- somewhere--sorry too early for binomials. I also have a few small seedlings of A. speciosa. FYI "Ice Ballet" doesn't need a cold period- I sowed mine straight into the greenhouse. lmk
I would love the Speciosa seedlings and A. hirtissima seed. Do you want seeds of My asclepias Curassavica in return? What is "hairy B***s"
I have both of the curssavica's. The milkweed I mentioned is also "balloon plant" and I have some seed--if I can find it (we recently moved) here is a plant file link:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/61453/
I will be gone today-- I will check out your tradelist tonight and we can work something out.
Great!
Danny I noticed you asking if the seeds have been through a cold treatment. I just thought someone should let you know that being in the fridge does not count as cold stratification which is what seeds with a dormancy need to germinate. Here is a link that explains this process better. http://www.alchemy-works.com/fall_planting.html
Also I have never needed to give the A. tuberosa the cold treatment, even though most info on them says they need it. So you should have no problemo germinating those without it. : )
I wish I could offer you some seeds but my climate is a bit behind yours and I will not have any for some time.
Good luck : )
Ok. Actually I got some fresh asclepias syriaca seed pods and planted some seeds and nothing. I put them in the fridge for 2 months and planted seeds and they are growing.
So are you saying that you put them in the fridge in a moist medium or just dry storage? As far as I know the syriaca don't need cold to germinate any way but some seeds just germinate better when they are older so that could have something to do with them germinating better for you. : )
they were in the fridge dry. Maybe you think the do not need it is because the seeds do experience the winter and then germinte after in spring.
No, I collect my seeds when they are ripe in fall and keep them in dry storage until I want to start them. If something needs cold stratification I either Winter sow them, or mix them with a little moist sterile potting mix inside a ziplock baggy and place in the fridge for the needed amount of time. The amount of time is usually 90 days to be safe but lots of seeds can work with less. When they've had the right amount of time you take them out of the fridge and sow them or let them germinate right in the bag on the counter and prick them off. I just thought I'd share what I have learned about the whole 'seeds need cold to germinate' because it can be confusing if you don't have all the information. : )
My info on the syriaca not needing cold treatment came from tom clothiers site, page where asclepias are http://tomclothier.hort.net/page02.html (it says they are slow - which usually means they can take anywhere from 2 weeks to a year to germinate lol. But I know lots of sources list them as needing it, but so does A. tuberosa and I have never had a problem germinating them on my counter at room temperature. Lots of seeds will germinate without cold but cold stratification 'improves' their germination. Ex. - if only three would pop up spread out over three weeks, you might have all of them pop up in a week after the cold treatment.
Thank-you. It is interesting. Do you have any milkweeds?
Yes, but I am also trying to grow as many as possible for the MOnarchs or I'd go out and gather em for ya! LOL I usually have a ton of A. curassivica seeds after harvesting but you already have those. I also have acess to some wild syriaca seeds that aren't ripe yet, but it sounds like you don't need those either. : )
Well actually I do want more Asclepias Syriaca but plants because incase the ones I have die.
Here's the deal with syriaca plants. I tried transplanting them before and they have roots that go on forevr and I mean Forever! Like ones root in my yard could be coneccted to one in a neighbors yard! And the problemwith that is you can not get the whole root ! So then the poor plants end up dieing. However they will grow from little bits of root but usually at their own leisure in other words there is no guarantee. Of about 30 plants I had dug up to save from the lawn mowing husband of mine. I had about 12 plants sprout up from where their pots had been. which was weird because the plants in the pots died. So the roots found their way through the drainage whole and rooted themselves in the ground randomly but the original plants did not make it. So I don't know how successful digging them would be for you.
oh I still wantsome
You are too funny Danny!!
I was not joking.
Yes I know that is what is funny!! : )
oh so can I have some?