Growing Showy Milkweed From Seed. Growing showy milkweed from flower seed is very rewarding. Not only will you benefit from the natural beauty but by growing milkweed you will also be helping a very fragile butterfly species.
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Milkweed seed can be planted directly in soil or started indoors. If you don t want additional seedlings next spring simply cut off the seed pods before they pop open or bind them shut with twist ties or rubber bands if you want to collect showy milkweed seeds. Or block out a corner of a garden bed to plant the seeds.
Showy milkweed has 70 000 to 100 000 seeds per pound so sowing at a rate of one pound pure live seed per acre will result in 1 2 seeds per square foot.
Latifolia broadleaf milkweed a second choice. Fill the peat pots three quarters to the top with potting soil. Or block out a corner of a garden bed to plant the seeds. 331 332 341 342 and numerous smaller ecoregions related to terrain and rainfall.
