Growing Tropical Milkweed In Containers. The eggs and tiny larva were found on tropical milkweed growing in containers in my garden. If you are in areas where the tropical milkweed will grow plant them in the pots they will grow in and plant them pot and all in the garden when you are ready.
Sowing the seeds in the fall in the area they are to grow in or in the pots they will grow in is the best method for growing this wonderful plant. Since milkweed species have varying needs for sun water and space pay extra attention to growing requirements. Asclepias curassavica a type of milkweed commonly known as tropical milkweed bloodflower scarlet milkweed and silkweed it belongs to the apocynaceae dogbane family of plants.
If you are in areas where the tropical milkweed will grow plant them in the pots they will grow in and plant them pot and all in the garden when you are ready.
If you d like to attract butterflies to your garden growing milkweed is easy to do. Some in small pots that go into the greenhouse over winter so i will have something growing and blooming early in spring and some during the growing season in large pots that sit outside near the greenhouse and also on the deck. Info suggests combining potted milkweeds with nectar rich flowers in the same container to provide necessary nourishment to the monarch and other butterflies. Container grown milkweed can be overwintered in a building or garage and placed back outside in spring.