A. speciosa is an erect, softly hairy, weedy, deciduous perennial with oblong to ovate, woolly, grey-green leaves and umbel-like cymes of purple-pink flowers in summer. Flowers are followed by large, pod-like, rough-hairy green fruit ripening brown, splitting when ripe to release numerous silky seeds.Native to:Central North America, Western North America
Showy Milkweed Care
Asclepias Speciosa
What is the plant
humidity
Normal
lighting
Part sun and part shade
hardiness zone
3 - 9
difficulty
Medium
hibernation
Cold Period
toxicity
Poisonous
Invasive
Weed
How to Care for the Plant
Water
These are moisture-loving perennials and do well in wet to moderately moist soil conditions.
Sunlight
It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.
Soil
Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils.
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Additional
Although no specific reports have been seen for this species, many, if not all, members of this genus contain toxic resinoids, alkaloids and cardiac glycosides. They are usually avoided by grazing animals. One report says that the plant is considered poisonous in large quantities by some native North American Indian tribes
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