Speciosa Milkweed. Asclepias speciosa is a native milkweed for the western half of us and canada. The dogbane milkweed family asclepias apocynum calotropis and trachomitum spp has been used for fiber industrial crops for millennia with a number in cultivation as regional crops.
Showy milkweed is the first milkweed species i found when i went out looking for milkweed in my community. Asclepias speciosa showy milkweed is an erect clump forming perennial prized for its brilliant spherical clusters of fragrant pinkish white starry flowers which bloom from late spring to early summer. Milkweed seed viability remains high for most of a decade.
Asclepias speciosa showy milkweed is an erect clump forming perennial prized for its brilliant spherical clusters of fragrant pinkish white starry flowers which bloom from late spring to early summer.
At this point in the year the plant was no longer. I chose pink and there was my flower the first result. At this point in the year the plant was no longer. Milkweed seed viability remains high for most of a decade.