Asclepias Tuberosa: The Magnificant Plant

A great read and wonderful photos

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Thank you! This was fun!

Fantastic, colourful blog, Paul, and the butterflies obviously love the Asclepias as much as you do :)

lovely blog Paul.

Amazing - all those pollinators - we saw a similar bush in Crete in 2015 - and it was covered in swallowtail butterflies every day - unfortunately I have yet to see a Humming Bird - thanks for sharing Paul - Jane

Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for you comments,

Sheila - I really enjoy this plant. It brings a lot to the garden and dies back completely in winter.

Thanks Seaburngirl. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Jane - those hummers are very elusive. Between this plant and the honeysuckle, they are coming around more often.

You're welcome Diane. Thanks for taking the time to read it.

It's a beauty and very attractive to me due to it's Attractiveness to so much wildlife . Hence, I tried , on a couple of occassions to grow from seed but, with no success.

What a gorgeous plant I can see why you look forward to seeing it wonderful photo s interesting read thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your comment Thrupennybit and for reading.

Your welcome Bathgate I now shall buy one for its beauty especially knowing it is drought tolerant and attracts butterflies.

Gosh that really is an amazing plant and lovely photos as well , I would love to encourage more butterflies in my garden I'm putting the plant name on my list to look out for it .. A fascinating blog , Thanks .. :o))

You're welcome Amy, I'm glad you read it. Thank You!!

Wow Paul what a really good blog and the photo's are fantastic, now wouldn't it be smashing to have that plant growing here, I'm going on a hunt around the web , see if I can find it anywhere, anything to attract the butterflies is fine by me, also its very attractive in its own right, thankyou Paul, you must have worked hard putting this together...

You're welcome Lincslass. It's a well behaved plant that needs no fussing over, seeds & starters available throughout UK.

Here is GoY link you might find interesting.

http://www.growsonyou.com/question/show/4710-asclepias-tuberosa

https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=352

That is one colourful Blog,thanks for taking the time to prepare it

You are welcome. Thanks for reading

Fascinating blog Paul and what an amazing plant! I wish I had it in my garden. I'd love to see all those butterflies.

I've never seen so many butterflies in one place. I just started seeds of a new variety called Asclepias Incarnata. These will go in the back garden. It's the same plant but with pink/purple flowers. The flowers smell like vanilla.

Growing them from seed requires a lot of patience. Maybe half the seeds will actually germinate if you are lucky. It could take several weeks. The seeds require vernalization which just means winter. I had to bury them in the snow. Otherwise they won't grow. The few that do germinate will take 3 years to bloom. That explains why they are rather pricey at the garden centers. If you are interested Julia, I'd be happy to send you a few seed pods in the fall when they ripen. You'd have to remind me.

You coping with the storm Bathgate? I love this blog. I've added it to my favourites as I think I will be looking at it a good few times! I always admire this plant wherever I see it...on my holidays!

Thanks Karen: The storm is winding down - a lot or rain & high winds. The plant is a real jem. It gets along well with other plants and doesn't need much fussing over. It has a deep taproot so you don't have to water it. The only downside is, you can't move it once it's established. They don't take well to transplant.

That's so kind of you Paul, but sadly I don't have room for any more plants.

I have just bought 3 online! :) stay warm x

Oh wow Bathgate. Amazing plant to look at and so great it attracts all those wildlife. The photos of the wildlife are absolutely stunning as are all of them. So so beautiful, Love them all. ?

Thank you :) I'm so glad you read it.

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ll I can say is, WOW. Just loved all the photos especially of the bugs. Of course your photography is topnotch as usual. But the sequence is so much fun. I think you should send it off to something.... you win the prize.

Thank you so much Wells. I wish I knew who to send it to. lol thanks for reading!! :)

Really lovely blog Paul. We loved the butterflies and insects that visit the plant.

Thank you Linda. Aren't they amazing? They make the garden come alive.

We saw our first Butterfly at the weekend as it's been quite mild. Also bumble bees too.

Winter still has a grip on me so it's going to be a while before I see any butterflies. Having this plant is a guarantee