Does anyone know this flower?
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It's the orange bloom and the pods are 2 - 2 1/2 inches long. Seeds inside pod are tear drop shaped and have silky tails
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Rhonda is exactly right.
Douglas Hunt
on Aug 25, 2013
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Thanks Rhonda and Douglas, that is the plant.
Angela Willis
on Aug 25, 2013
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Yep, they are correct @Angela Willis. I have the Butterfly Weed in my garden.
Debbie Patterson
on Aug 26, 2013
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Exactly...they attract Monarch butterflies, in the form of the caterpillars, which eventually become Monarchs.
Awildrose60
on Aug 26, 2013
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is it related to the common milkweed? the seed pods are so similar!
Kari Samuel
on Aug 26, 2013
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Looks like butterfly weed - Asclepias tuberosa. Wiki says it is in the milkweed family
Jean
on Aug 26, 2013
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The caterpillars keep stripping mine down to the ground but I have yet to see any butterflies from them! Someone must be spraying insecticide that is killing them off...not in my yard though!
Awildrose60
on Aug 27, 2013
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they are right, I have them in my yard. I have butterflies around, but I have other flowers they like also.
Elaine Wutke
on Aug 29, 2013
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I watched and guarded one of these all summer so I could get the seeds. Went away for a week on vacation and came back to find the guy who house sat for us weedeated it down. :( Awildrose60, I have been told that they particularly attract the larvae of Monarch butterflies, and that the caterpillars eat the foliage then make their crysalis nearby. Keep watching, you may have butterflies yet.
Terri Nesbitt
on Sep 08, 2013
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And Kari, yes it is a milkweed.
Terri Nesbitt
on Sep 08, 2013
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Every summer, we have 4 - 5 asclepias in many of our gardens; All but one are native to our area and were here over 20 years. If your interested, I can post pictures and some information on them. @Terri Nesbitt if you would like some Asclepias tuberosa seeds, I think I can get some for you. The A. incarnata native swamp milkweed is near to popping its pods.
TJ
on Sep 08, 2013
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O my gosh, that would be great. I was so disappointed. I have spotted some others along the roadsides, but finding them once their blooms are gone is hard for me to know one from another.
Terri Nesbitt
on Sep 08, 2013
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Seeds everywhere - so remove the pods before they open if you want to control it. Great for Monarchs and for lengthy flowering.
Heidi @ Heidi Ho-rticulture
on Sep 08, 2013
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@Terri Nesbitt I tried to message you but we have to be following each other. I don't think Asclepias tuberosa likes to be transplanted as people who have tried to transplant some from my property have told me. I have never planted them, they have just always been here and very reliably pop up every year. I love them and so do butterflies, bees, dragon flies, and some birds.
TJ
on Sep 09, 2013
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TJ I was told they were very difficult to transplant, but very easy to grow from seed. That was why I was watching mine for the seed pod to form. It was just about ready to, when our "temporary gardener" cut it down. :( I am following you now.
Terri Nesbitt
on Sep 12, 2013
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