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LindaTX8 said:I bet eating milkweeds doesn't even kill those darn rats! I haven't had problems with the wildlife killing milkweed vines this year either. Just the non-vining ones. The Swamp Milkweed Beetles tried their best to eat up one kind of vine, but the vines were growing like mad and eventually the beetles went away. That was a no-ID species of milkweed vine that I keep wishing would bloom so I could have an ID. Never blooms, AFAIK.

You guys have more than one common species of vining milkweed? Interesting. The most common one I am aware of is Climbing milkweed - aka honey vine or sand vine or blue vine - Cynanchum laeve. Another is Matelea Decipiens which is not very common at all. Few people have heard of it. Finally, there is Tweedia caerulea Blue Star Milkweed vine. I am growing it and Common Cynanchum laeve. The Tweedia is cute, but does not grow too tall for me here. Also, it is not hardy. Those ar ethe only climbing milkweed I am aware of.