Showy Milkweed

Showy Milkweed Care

Asclepias Speciosa

What is the plant

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

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Part Sun

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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