Narrow Leaf Milkweed Seed Pods. More stems will be produced each year. Starting narrowleaf milkweed seeds.
This flowering perennial blooms in clusters of lavender tinted flowers. The fruit pods are the smooth milkweed type which split open to spill seeds along with plentiful silky hairs. There are 5 separate sepals petal like leaves and 5 fused petals.
This milkweed is hardy in zones 6 10 and is an herbaceous perennial.
Starting narrowleaf milkweed seeds. The leaves are narrow and grow in a whorled pattern on stems that reach from 2 3 tall. The butterflies lay their eggs exclusively on milkweed plants creating an opportunity for us to plant monarch habitat. Milkweed is the monarch butterflies only food source but that isn t its only claim to fame.