Growing Milkweed From Cuttings. Root overwintering plants anytime between january and march. Growing milkweeds from cuttings all milkweeds are perennials and some can be grown from cuttings.
If you d like to attract butterflies to your garden growing milkweed is easy to do. Starting milkweed from cuttings can increase the number of plants you have. Tropical milkweed cuttings can be started indoors throughout the year but native milkweed has a smaller window of opportunity summer is a prime time to take native milkweed cuttings for a few compelling reasons.
When to take milkweed cuttings.
Cuttings provide a way producing new plants in a relatively short time and it avoids some of the difficulties of starting plants from seeds. For doing this you need to cut the plant s stems underwater and coat its bottom with a powerful rooting hormone. Mid summer when the stems are green and herbaceous is the ideal time to take cuttings of milkweed it takes six to ten weeks to go from rooting milkweed cuttings to having plants ready for transplant in the garden. How to grow milkweed.