butterfly host plant seeds Tropical Milkweed Seeds – Monarch Butterfly Host Plant – Jerra's Garden

butterfly host plant seeds Tropical Milkweed Seeds – Monarch Butterfly Host Plant – Jerra's GardenTropical Butterfly Milkweed Flower Seeds aka Asclepias Monarch Butterfly Host Plant & Heirloom Flower Garden Seeds Asclepias curassavica Listing is for 1 packet of minimum 20 seeds This is a popular host plant for the Monarch butterflies. Tropical Milkweed grows and blooms year round in warmer climates. It is a perennial plant in zones 8+. In lower colder zones can grow as an annual. Flowers are red with orange centers. Typically I start seeing

Tropical Butterfly Milkweed Flower Seeds aka Asclepias - Monarch Butterfly Host Plant & Heirloom Flower Garden Seeds
Asclepias curassavica
Listing is for 1 packet of minimum 20 seeds

This is a popular host plant for the Monarch butterflies. Tropical Milkweed grows and blooms year round in warmer climates. It is a perennial plant in zones 8+. In lower/colder zones can grow as an annual. Flowers are red with orange centers. Typically I start seeing Monarch caterpillars feeding on this host plant starting in October. By February these plants are covered in caterpillars. 

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PLANTING
Germination: 2-3 weeks, milkweed is a slow germinator 

Seed Sowing Depth: 1/4” deep 

Sowing: This variety of milkweed does not need to be cold stratified. Can direct sow after the last frost or start in pots 6-8 weeks before the last frost.