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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ZINMbu6D+KUxxaI4P+gJjw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Paul, Aug 15, 2011 I think no one answered you question; may have missed it. We have two species, native swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and commn milkweed (A. syriaca). The stillwater plant would almost certainly be A. incarnata; leaves lanceolate as opposed to oval and tapering to an acute tip. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul MacDonald To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Milkweed Larry - is there more than 1 species of Milkweed in NS? I see lots growing along the stillwaters and I'm not sure it is the same plant you have in the Valley? Thanks Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Larry Bogan <larry@bogan.ca> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:33:20 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Milkweed Angela, We have dry sandy soils here in Cambridge and the common milkweed grows and spread prolifically. If you dig up a root that has nodes on it and plant it you will get milkweed. The seed is also viable and we get milkweed sprouting years after the seed floated onto our lawn. We have also pulled up plants with small roots and put them in water to have them develop more roots. If you do get the milkweed to take and grow. Be sure to control its spread. It will spread by underground roots as well as its air-born seed. I would suggest not letting the seed pods mature unless you need the seed. Pull up any milkweed that spreads outside the area you want it. Larry Bogan Cambridge Station On 15/08/2011 6:13 PM, AngelaJoudrey wrote: > Hi there. > > Has anyone transplanted common milkweed into their home gardens? > > Is there a soil type it prefers? > > Now that I know what it looks like, I see it everywhere and would love to have some at home. > > Thanks > > Angela in Windsor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3832 - Release Date: 08/13/11 --Boundary_(ID_ZINMbu6D+KUxxaI4P+gJjw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Paul, Aug 15, 2011</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> I think no one answered you question; may have missed it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> We have two species, native swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and commn milkweed (A. syriaca). The stillwater plant would almost certainly be A. incarnata; leaves lanceolate as opposed to oval and tapering to an acute tip.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=paulrita2001@yahoo.com href="mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul MacDonald</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 15, 2011 7:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Milkweed</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><SPAN>Larry - is there more than 1 species of Milkweed in NS?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN>I see lots growing along the stillwaters and I'm not sure it is the same</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN>plant you have in the Valley?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN>Paul</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <HR SIZE=1> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Larry Bogan <<A href="mailto:larry@bogan.ca">larry@bogan.ca</A>><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, August 15, 2011 6:33:20 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [NatureNS] Milkweed<BR></FONT><BR>Angela,<BR> We have dry sandy soils here in Cambridge and the common milkweed grows and spread prolifically. If you dig up a root that has nodes on it and plant it you will get milkweed. The seed is also viable and we get milkweed sprouting years after the seed floated onto our lawn. We have also pulled up plants with small roots and put them in water to have them develop more roots.<BR><BR> If you do get the milkweed to take and grow. Be sure to control its spread. It will spread by underground roots as well as its air-born seed. I would suggest not letting the seed pods mature unless you need the seed. Pull up any milkweed that spreads outside the area you want it.<BR><BR>Larry Bogan<BR>Cambridge Station<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 15/08/2011 6:13 PM, AngelaJoudrey wrote:<BR>> Hi there.<BR>> <BR>> Has anyone transplanted common milkweed into their home gardens?<BR>> <BR>> Is there a soil type it prefers?<BR>> <BR>> Now that I know what it looks like, I see it everywhere and would love