Milkweed plant source? and a pic for you caterpillar lovers

[William Wagner]

I've planted many milkweed seed in the last 4 years and have just two plants living. I usually propagate wild varieties but was wondering if anyone knew of small plants for sale?

Bill

[betsyb]

I used to see lots here in Jackson,NJ but with the cows disappearring, the milk weed went too. I doubt if therE is a correlation but they seemed to be related.

[Ann]

William Wagner expounded:

Yep, that's some caterpillar!

[symplastless]

The link did not work.

I am interested in buying mildweed. Any leads?

Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Arborist

Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss.

[William Wagner]

Um Worked for me and Ann. Maybe a temporary fluke?

Bill

[Pat Kiewicz]

FWIW, I recently noted to myself that the Asclepias tuberosa in my that were most vigorous were the ones that had self-sown or been started by me from cuttings. The original plants that I'd gotten mail-order lasted only a couple of years, but some of their progeny has thrived for many years. And the self-sown seedling still beat the cutting-grown plants for vigor.

[Jim Kingdon]

Well,

has some listed in their catalog (they seem to have a spring and fall shipping season).

Here in the DC area, there are quite a few native plant nurseries. Most of them are small operations which go to plant sales, do mail order, or will make an appointment. At least one (

) has regular hours (at least in the summer).

In the San Francisco area, I know there are a few nurseries with native plants.

Oh, and

is a good place to start if you really want to get into things like researching whether a plant is native to your area, or a few states over.

I hope I'm not making this whole thing seem too difficult, but there are a quite a few resources which are out there (but may require a bit of seeking out).

[William Wagner]

Thank You!

Bill