Milkweed, Pink Swamp Seeds - Fresh and Hand Packaged

Description: Order your seeds in advance of your growing season to make sure that they arrive in time for planting. Pink Swamp MilkweedAsclepias incarnataHelp Save the Monarchs!!Height: Up to 48”Bloom Season: SummerBloom Color: PinkLight Required: Full Sun to Partial ShadeDepth: ¼” in moist soilStarting indoors: Start indoors 2 months before last spring frost. (Soak seeds 24 hours before sowing)Plant Spacing: 24” – 36” apartDays to Germination: 10-15 days @ 75F – 80F degreesGermination Test % 82% Pink Swamp Milkweed have vanilla scented pink with purple highlighted blooms. Pink Swamp Milkweed is also known as Rose Milkweed, Red Milkweed, Swamp Silkweed or White Indian Hemp.Before I tell you about the milkweed plant, I have to explain the life of the Monarch Butterfly. Monarchs are amazing butterflies that are fighting constant threats to their species. Between loss of habitat, climate changes, and chemicals like pesticides and herbicides, we need to do what we can to help save them. Many of these Monarchs fly all the way from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico during the winter months. Monarchs spend the winter clumped together in fir and pine trees. In the spring they come out of hibernation to find a mate and then fly north to lay their eggs on the Milkweed plant. As the larvae grow, they eat the leaves of the plant. Once grown, they repeat the cycle and migrate to Mexico to avoid the cold weather. It is a remarkable migration!Milkweed may take patience to get established but the benefit for Monarch Butterflies is a necessity. Other pollinators will also enjoy your Milkweed & help to pollinate the other plants in your area.If this is not the right variety of Milkweed for your area, please check my other Milkweed listings.Milkweed seeds need to be stratified prior to starting. The seeds that I have listed are Pre-stratified so they are ready to start. If you are not planning on starting once you receive them, keep them in the refrigerator so that they will be ready when you are. Some may need to be scarified if they are slower to germinate.Supplemental USDA growing instructions will be included with all Milkweed seeds.Invoices will be sent with every order. I am providing a cost effective way for the home gardener and homesteader to grow non-GMO plants at a reasonable price. There are people out there that are using my photos and descriptions to sell my products on outside selling websites at inflated prices (sometimes 300% - 400%). They then ask that no invoice be sent to hide what they paid for the items. They are selling my company name & my products without my permission. I sell exclusively here and only sell my products at the price listed here. For Buyer protection and to protect the integrity of my business and products, all orders will be sent with an invoice clearly listing the price of each item purchased. 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I am constantly adding new inventory so check back often.Flowers: Alyssum Carpet of Snow, Amaranth, Red Garnet, Aster, Powderpuff Mix, Aster, Single Rainbow, Baby’s Breath, Bachelor Button Flower: Dwarf Polka Dot Mix, Tall Blue, Tall Pink, Tall Red & Tall White, Bird’s Eye Flower, Blanket Flower, Calendula: Fancy Mix & Pacific Mix, Candy Tuft: Tall Mix & Dwarf Fairy Mix, Celosia, Forest Fire Scarlet Flower, Chamomile, German & Roman Flower/Herb, Chia, Black, Chinese Forget-Me-Nots Flower, Chinese Houses Flower, Clarkia Mix Flowers, Coreopsis: Lance Leaf & Tall Plains, Cosmos: Bright Lights & Sensation Mix, Daisies: African, Garland & Ox Eye, Dames Rocket Flowers, Globe Gilia, Morning Glories: Heavenly Blue, Mix & Scarlet O’Hara, Zinnia, California Giants Herbs: Anise, Arugula, Rocket/Roquette, Basils: Cinnamon, Genovese, Large Leaf Italian, Lemon, Lime, Dark Purple Opal, Spicy Globe, Sweet & Thai, Chamomile, German & Roman Flower/Herb, Chervil, Curled “Gourmet’s Parsley”, Chives, Chives, Garlic, Cilantro, Cress: Curled & Pepper, Dill: Bouquet & Mammoth Long Island, Parsley: Forest Green, Triple Curled Vegetables: Amaranth, Edible Tender (3 Varieties), Broccoli, Waltham 29, Brussels Sprout, Long Island Improved, Cabbages: Michihili Heading, Pak Choi, Wong Bok/Napa, Copenhagen Market, Early Jersey Wakefield, Golden Acre, Red Acre & Savoy, Carrots: Little Finger & Scarlet Nantes, Cauliflower: Snowball Y Improved & Violetia Italia, Celery, Tall Utah 52-70, Collards: Georgia Southern & Vates, Cress: Curled & Pepper, Cucumbers: Boston Pickling, Lemon, Marketer, Marketmore 76, National Pickling, SMR 58, & Straight Eight, Endive: Broad Leaf Batavian & Green Curled Ruffec, Kale: Dwarf Siberian, Premier, Red Russian, Lettuce: Bibb Butterhead, Bronze Mignonette Butterhead; Buttercrunch Butterhead, Grand Rapids TBR Leaf, Green Ice Leaf, Iceberg Heading, Oakleaf Leaf, Paris Island COS Romaine, Prizehead Leaf, Rouge D’Hiver Romaine, Ruby Red Leaf, Salad Bowl Green Leaf, Salad Bowl Red Leaf, Onions: Evergreen Bunching Nebuka, Red Grano Short Day, Southport White Globe Bunching, Texas Early Grano 502 PRR, Tokyo Long White Bunching, White Sweet Spanish RM Long Day & Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah, Peppers: Anaheim, Ancho/Poblano, California Wonder 300 TMR, Cayenne, Chocolate Beauty Bell, Cubanelle, Ghost, Orange Habanero, Yellow Habanero, Hungarian Sweet Wax, Hungarian Yellow Wax, Jalapeno Early, Jalapeno M, Jalapeno Tam, Poinsettia, Purple Beauty Bell, Scotch Bonnet Orange, Serrano, Sweet Banana, Tomatoes: Ace 55, Beefsteak, Cherokee Purple, Floradade, Golden Jubilee, Homestead, Large Red Cherry, Roma, Rutgers VF, Sunray, Yellow Pear, Turnips: Golden Ball, Purple Top White Globe, Seven Top, Shogoin, White Egg Grains: Chia, Black, Quinoa: Brilliant Rainbow, Cherry VanillaAll of our seeds have been hand processed, packaged and tested for germination rates. I add padding to each envelope for added protection. The seed will arrive in plastic zip-lock bags that can be resealed for your convenience. Due to individual growing environments, I cannot guarantee the rate of germination will match what I have tested at. All seeds are labeled with growing information.

Price: 2.5 USD

Location: Battle Ground, Washington

End Time: 2024-02-13T00:16:34.000Z

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