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UrbanWild

Feb 9, 2021 11:56 AM CST

Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a

I've got plenty common milkweed, swamp milkweed, and butterflyweed. Last year I finally got a small amount of A. purpurescens seed. I had mediocre emergence, then mortality as the year set in. Finally, I was left with 6 plants (under 1 foot in height). I planted them in two separate locations. They suffered quite a bit. One patch of three was trampled by a cable installer.

The other group of three...who knows? They didn't look good going into frost but we'll see. This last fall I was given a small packet of seed which I winter sowed. Now I'm looking for seeds to hedge my bet.

Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE

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