Milkweed 4 Monarchs Summer 2025 Schedule 8741 Elizabethtown Rd. Elizabethtown, PA 17022 -8474 (717)367-9656 – sorry No text www.Milkweed4Monarchs.org Summer Hours: May 1 thru Sept. 14 Thursdays thru Sundays 8:00 AM – 6:00 PMWinter Hours: Closed for Season after Sept 14th. Seeds for sale online or hours by appointment for local seed pickup. May. 1st […]
Live Plants available each May (Local pickup only) $1 each. 3-4 weeks old. A. Incarnata Pink. Pink Swamp M. A. Incarnata White. White Swamp M. A. Syriaca. Common M. A. Tuberosa. Butterfly Weed M. Orange and Yellow A. Curassavica. Tropical M. Silky Red and Silky Gold Later in July Mature potted Tropical M. with a […]
Here is the new list of milkweed species being added in 2021 denoted with ( * ) Those seeds will be available in the Fall of 2021. Meanwhile, here are the 2020 seeds available now. https://www.milkweed4monarchs.org/product-category/seeds-milkweed/ *** A special thank you *** Thank you to everyone who helped make this list possible. Thank you to […]
Not all milkweed species’ seeds need a cold period to break the dormancy of the seed. But for those that do, we must simulate winter if the seeds aren’t sown naturally outdoors in the fall or your area doesn’t get enough winter weather. 30 days of cold moist stratification is usually recommended. The longer the better […]
The Milkweed family is known as Asclepias to botanists. With the decline of the Monarch population this plant genus has become very popular because of its unique trait of being the ONLY food source for the Monarch Caterpillar. The caterpillars are immune to the poison in the milksap and actually become poisonous themselves as protection […]