Rooting Milkweed. Indeed milkweed grows multiple stems from a single root. Plant native milkweed cuttings in an 80 20 mix of perlite to peat moss which is a more traditional mix for starting stem cuttings than starting them in soil.
My balloon plant g. Is that patch of milkweed a clump of individual plants or several stems sprouting up from a single root. Root overwintering plants anytime between january and march.
But of course the surest way to get plants that overwinter is by seed.
It s not much more complicated than taking cuttings of milkweed and rooting milkweed cuttings in a suitable medium. Curassavica butterfly weed a. Milkweed can also be grown easily from collected seeds planted about 1 inch deep in the garden. It s not much more complicated than taking cuttings of milkweed and rooting milkweed cuttings in a suitable medium.