Milkweed (Asclepias)

Description: Small plants which are evergreen or die back to underground storage roots. Flowers in dense heads. Suitable for the ... more

Milkweed (Asclepias) ... home or a greenhouse.

Newest Review: ... the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity." ~Attributed to George Carlin "Beautiful and graceful, varied ... more

... and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine." ~Jeffrey Glassberg Plants, birds and butterflies have strong ties to each other. Anyone who is called by one of these Totems should carefully examine the particular web of connectedness that exists between that specific bird and the plants or insects that they rely upon. The Monarch Butterfly is an excellent and simple example. It lays its eggs under the leaves of the milkweed, and ...more

Read Reviews for Milkweed (Asclepias)

Milkweed (Asclepias): Who Sings Now? Your bloody long Sunday read (3012 words)
by - written on 07/06/09 (Very useful, 68 readings)
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A delicate home above the waterless sea cradling a pearly seed in shades of purple, pink and green... "Ivory blooded, I am beloved by insect, bird and bee, and I alone nurture the royal scions of Transformation and Joy! Beneath my hands of jade, they wake each spring. Listen now and hear them sing..." "As children we simply feed, learn and grow. Our youthful raiment striped with... theYellow of Beginnings, Joy and clear Thought... White of Unity, Divinity, and the Purity of snow... Black which banishes all negativity, cradles Creation, and yields all Wisdoms ... Read the complete review

Monarch's rear thier family here (538 words)
by - written on 15/09/07 (Very useful, 181 readings)
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When I saw a category for milkweed I immediately thought of the garden weed we used to call milk weed because when you break the stem the sap is white like milk. I looked again and realised it was not the same milkweed as the weed I immediately thought of is a spurge and the milk weed this category created for is Asclepiads syriaca.The milkweed is a south American plant . So what do I know about the milk weed. Well the first this thing that springs to my mind is the monarch butterfly. The milk weed is its food plant . the monarch caterpillar will eat no other food. ( yeah married to a butterfly nut I seem to know this) The Monarch is an American ... Read the complete review