Wild Milkweed In Florida. In fact i feel guilty calling it a weed at all. Curtiss milkweed is one tough plant.
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Pinewoods milkweed may be difficult to transplant due to its long taproot and is best propagated from seed. Milkweeds native to florida most people are used to seeing the bright orange flowers of the non native scarlet milkweed asclepias curassavica and don t realize that florida is home to twenty one native milkweeds. Types of milkweed native to florida ones in gray are available on the monarch watch milkweed market walter carolina milkweed asclepias cinerea walter fewflower milkweed asclepias lanceolata clasping milkweed asclepias amplexicaulis more information more information more information native milkweed is the one food source for monarch caterpillars.
In fact i feel guilty calling it a weed at all.
Though our state has 21 native milkweed species it can be challenging to find a local nursery that carries them. In fact i feel guilty calling it a weed at all. Officially it s found in 26 counties in central and south florida as far north as clay as far south as broward and collier. Next time milkweeds native to florida read more.
