How to grow Giant Swan Milkweed

Asclepias physocarpa

Full Sun
OR
Partial Sun
Medium

Seed Saving Giant swan milkweed

Let the pods turn brown on the plant. After they turn color it is advisable to cover the seed pods with a paper bag so the seeds won’t fly away. Or be very attentive so when the pod starts to open you can catch the seeds before they fly away.

How long does Giant swan milkweed take to grow?

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Giant swan milkweed Folklore & Trivia

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

Other names for Giant swan milkweed

Balloon plant, ballon cotton-bush

Asclepias physocarpa (E. Mey.) Schltr.

Misspellings: Balloonplant, Hairyballs, hairy balls, hairy balls plant, hairyballs plant, 'Hairy Balls'

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

⁴ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaus_(genus)