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UrbanWild

Jun 3, 2022 10:33 AM CST

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

I am thrilled to death!!! After FOUR years of attempts to get Asclepias purpurascens (purple milkweed) started, I was unable to get anything to come back after winter let alone bloom. Today, on the North side of the house, almost covered by hostas, I found this surprise... purple milkweed survived the winter... And it was in bloom!!! FINALLY!!! Now we'll see if it can thrive.

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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