Asclepias 'Fascicularis'

Asclepias

How to grow Asclepias 'Fascicularis'

  • Full Sun

  • Medium

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Fascicularis requires a soil ph of 6.0 - 8.0 meaning it does best in weakly acidic soil - weakly alkaline soil.

Growing Fascicularis from seed

Transplanting Fascicularis

Harvesting Fascicularis

Fascicularis folklore & trivia

During WWII the silky part attached to the seeds was used for life jackets.123 Milkweed is more buoyant then cork by 5 or 6 fold.123

Other Names for Asclepias 'Fascicularis'

Narrow leaf Milkweed

Footnotes

1 Native Plant Society of Texas

2 Washington Post

3 “Your Country’s Armed Services Need Milkweed Floss: How You Can Help” :https://archive.org/stream/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp_djvu.txt