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Hardiness: USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade Light Shade Partial to Full Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction
Bloom Color: White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall
Propagation Methods: From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse Direct sow as soon as the ground can be worked
Seed Collecting: Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
On Jul 29, 2008, Danny112596 from Los Fresnos, TX (Zone 10a) wrote:
Texas Milkweed is a very rare, but showy milkweed. If it is not flowering it can fool you into believing it is a chile plant or just a plain weed, so if you see something that looks like a wild chile rip a leaf off and if the milky substance oozes out (even just a little) you've found Texas Milkweed! It is native only in Texas in these counties: Bexar, Travis, Williamson, Kerr, Bastrop, Comal, Kendall, Bandera, Gillespie, Llano, Uvalde, Real, Jeff Davis, Brewster, and now Cameron. It is Great for butterflies (especially the monarch) and is well behaved! If you live in Cameron county, you may need to use Cold Moist Stratification on the seeds so they grow.
On Sep 28, 2006, LindaTX8 from NE Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
Texas Milkweed, sometimes called White Milkweed, is a Texas native endemic plant. I've seen it growing in the Hill Country of Texas, including my own property. It can be beautiful when it's blooming and even the foliage is attractive! It can tolerate the heat and poor soils of this area fairly well, but doesn't form large colonies, just more likely scattered plants or a few here and there. It doesn't produce a lot of seed (just from what I've seen), which limits the number of new plants. If you're lucky enough to have any of these or can acquire any, take good care of them, because not many people have them. It can be grown from seeds and transplanting it is surprisingly easy, considering it's a milkweed.
Added: Some info I found says it does not need any cold stratification and since I've planted seed that comes up without that cold stratification, I agree with that info.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Arlington, Texas Brownsville, Texas Helotes, Texas Los Fresnos, Texas
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