Pink Swamp Milkweed Seeds. Swamp milkweed plants can be distinguished from their other milkweed cousins both by these showy pink flowers and by their habitat as they are the only species of milkweed that prefer to grow in wet conditions. I generally winter sow as that is the easiest if you are trying to get a set number of plants.
Mature plants will be 5 7 with many smaller leaves to feed dozens of caterpillars. Growing swamp milkweed from seed. I generally winter sow as that is the easiest if you are trying to get a set number of plants.
Pink swamp milkweed asclepias incarnata pink is a beautiful northern native milkweed that does well with wet feet hence the name.
Do swamp milkweed have a pink stalk. Swamp milkweed is known for attracting an array of beneficial insects such as bumblebees lady bugs hummingbirds and most importantly the endangered monarch butterfly. I generally winter sow as that is the easiest if you are trying to get a set number of plants. Swamp milkweed as the name suggests grows.