Bloodflower 'Sunset Flower'

Will reseed readily if conditions are right.

A full sun position will ensure your plant thrives and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Sunset Flower is thought of as tender, so it is really important to ensure that the outside temperature is well above freezing before planting or moving outdoors. Sunset Flower tends to grow best in a soil ph of between 6.1 and 7.5 meaning it does best in weakly acidic soil - weakly alkaline soil.

Look to ensure a distance 1.95 feet (60.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - bury at a depth of at least 0.39 inches (1.0 cm) deep.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Sunset Flower about 15 days after your last frost date.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Sunset Flower is a tender plant.

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

Blood Flower

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