Desert Milkweed Seeds. Johnston and lynn marshall 2000. The desert milkweed is a distinctive shrub that develops an upright habit comprised of large numbers of many leafless blue green stems growing 3 4 ft.
Description desert milkweed asclepias subulata has slender gray green stems that grow vertically to 4 feet from a woody base the plant s spread can reach 2 feet or more. Plant seeds 1 8 deep and 18 apart using 3 seeds per hole. New growth often has small leaves that don t stick around unless there is ample humidity.
Start desert milkweed seeds outdoors in late november.
It tolerates a range of soils given that they are fast draining. Subulata pineleaf milkweed a. New growth often has small leaves that don t stick around unless there is ample humidity. Native american ethnobotany compiled and edited by daniel e.