Giant Milkweed Seeds. The plants i saw at palmer s were pretty large so maybe you can buy 1 or 2 and start some cuttings. This plant is great for a butterfly garden as it is a host plant for the caterpillars of the monarch butterfly.
Asclepias species produce their seeds in pods termed follicles the seeds which are arranged in overlapping rows bear a cluster of white silky filament like hairs known as the coma often referred to by other names such as pappus floss plume or silk the follicles ripen and split open and the seeds each carried by its coma are blown by the wind. Calotropis gigantea the crown flower is a species of calotropis native to cambodia bangladesh indonesia malaysia the philippines citation needed thailand sri lanka india china pakistan nepal and tropical africa. Get giant milkweed plants or seeds on amazon.
This study screened six different species of forest plants and then further evaluated the most promising plant giant milkweed calotropis gigantea for the potential to improve nitrogen utilization efficiency nue through inhibiting rumen protozoa in vitro ground leaves of giant milkweed at 1 6 and 3 2 mg ml decreased the counts of entodinium cells by 41 30 and 58 89 respectively and.
Calotropis gigantea giant milkweed 10 seeds free ship. 7 s 0 p o n s o a r p a 7 e e d 1 1 u j 1 0 f j 1 1. I have never grown them from seed but have had good look propagating new plants from cuttings. Monarch butterfly garden bring home the butterflies.