25 Balloon and Swan Milkweed Seeds Mix

$3.50

Discontinuing Mix. 

   Mix of 25 Balloon (aka Hairy Balls) Gomphocarpus physocarpus  and Swan- Gomphocarpus fruticosus seeds.  Seeds hand collected, cleaned and dried.  Ready to be sown when ground warms to 65 + dg.  Or start indoors 6-8 before planting outside. All seeds come from my garden in Elizabethtown, PA.  Not freeze tolerant. 

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Discontinuing Mix.     Balloon milkweed (aka Hairy Balls) –Gomphocarpus physocarpus and Swan MilkweedGomphocarpus fruticosus  are both African natives -annual in cold regions. Both species are indistinguishable from each other except for the shape of the pods.  Delicate creamy white flowers weep from stalks that quickly grow 6-8 feet long, branching slightly. Long narrow leaves. Pods are green and knobby with soft spikes that look like hairs. Balloon are round pods and Swan are more egg-shaped.  Good container plants. Pinching back while young makes a bushier plant. These are a huge Monarch attractants for egg laying.  The tender leaves are perfect for the smaller caterpillars.

Instructions: Slow germinator: 10 – 28 days. Warm water soak for 1 wk. Then, clipping pointy end speeds up root emergence. (Method 3.1 in post) Pour out onto soil. Keep moist & warm until fully germinated. Prefers full sun. A seed heating mat is recommended if starting indoors.  Seeds do not need cold stratified. 

 

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Weight .05 oz
Dimensions 7 × 4 × .5 in

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