How to grow Pinewoods Milkweed

Asclepias humistrata

Full Sun
Medium

Growing Pinewoods Milkweed from seed

Seeds may be sown outside in late fall or the following spring. Germination of spring-planted seeds is enhanced by moist stratification. Stratify 3 months at 40 degrees.¹

Transplanting Pinewoods Milkweed

Root cuttings can be taken in fall or early spring.¹

How long does Pinewoods Milkweed take to grow?

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Pinewoods Milkweed Folklore & Trivia

During WWII the silky part attached to the seeds was used for life jackets.²³⁴ Milkweed is more bouyant then cork by 5 or 6 fold.²³⁴

Other names for Pinewoods Milkweed

Sandhill Milkweed

Asclepias humistrata Walter

Footnotes

¹ Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center

² Native Plant Society of Texas

³ Washington Post

⁴ “Your Country’s Armed Services Need Milkweed Floss: How You Can Help” :https://archive.org/stream/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp/YourCountrysArmedServicesNeedMilkweedFlossHowYouCanHelp_djvu.txt