Milkweed plants?

[cindy]

I see seeds for sale.  I just read that the Monarch butterflies have a shortage of milkweed so I'm researching.  Will do seeds but it looks like it takes a year for the bloom/food to come up.

[Kittyzee]

Couldn't you just wait for the milkweek to bloom, then set pods and pick them and plant them yourself?  I see that you are in Kentucky and there is probably an abundance of milkweed there as there is here.  I won't see the milkweed pods until late fall, then they burst open and they are full of silky seeds that float through the air.  They are abundant along the fence rows, farm fields, and pastures.  The seed pods are large and divided in the middle when they pop open--one half of it looks like a little 'mouse boat'..

http://www.paleoguide.com/primitive-living/plant-identification/images/milkweed/milkweed-seed-pod.jpg

[cindy]

Thanks, now i"ll know what to look for.

[Kittyzee]

Let me know if you can't find any and I'll collect the seed pods and send some to you. 

[watergardenwill]

I have quite a few swamp milkweed plants, Asclepias incarnata, in 3" pots.  We had monarch caterpillars on them last year.  I could ship some if you are interested, just need to figure out if they need to be bare root for shipping to destination, or will trade.