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Forum: Hummingbird and Butterfly GardeningReplies: 3, Views: 69
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SusanLouise
Lincoln, NE
(Zone 5b)

August 06, 2009
11:33 AM

Post #6914317

Yikes! I've seen a few ripe and opened already and had to start getting them off the milkweed plants. I'll be keeping some, but i don't want our backyard filled with milkweeds...we have about a dozen plants...and 2 of them are the Rose incarta...which are about 5' by 3' each!!! Last year I didn't have to harvest til the last week of August...quite early this year!
Here's a pic of one of our ripe pods that split open...

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