I planted them on seed starter just lightly covering the seed with seed starter. It sure sounds like the huge leaves of Calotropis might make things easier as an abundant host food for monarch cats.

Common names include Giant milkweed, Sodom's Apple, Dead Sea Apple, Rooster Tree, Rubber Bush and Milkweed tree. After 3 weeks, I removed some of the soil and tried to find the seeds to see what they were doing. We call them Crown Flower plants and make lei with the flowers. Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone), the Arabian Peninsula (i.e. I’ve googled many websites, but can’t seem to find any answers. its fruit is a large (8-12 cm long) bladdery 'pod' that is greyish-green in colour. Thanks Darlene…propagation tips are very much appreciated for these “newer” milkweed species. in axillary inflorescences). (I know I’m about 3 months late.) (Description française non disponible) An attractive shrub or small tree to 6 m tall with large, entire, grayish leaves and white and purple flowers that are followed by apple-sized, thin shelled and explosive fruits t Asclepiadaceae (the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory) Apocynaceae (Queensland and New South Wales) It typically grows to 6-8’ (rarely to as much as 15’) tall. corona) that is also purplish in colour. May I ask how old the little seedlings were when you transplanted them from their seed starter cups into a larger pot? It is 3 feet from an east window, the room is usually in the 60’s and it gets very little sun.

C. gigantea is a faster growing species but it’s getting pretty late to plant seeds (if you want mature plants) in most regions: Hi Tony. pedicel) about 15-25 mm long. Vegetative propagation through half stumps assumes a special importance as compared with the entire stumps because they help in faster multiplication of the parent genotype with plus characters, as each plant gives rise to 2 half stumps. Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen), the Middle East, and southern Asia (i.e. Flowering occurs mostly during winter. BTW, Tony: one of the 11 started last spring bolted and grew like Jack’s beanstalk. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies. [CDATA[ (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//forms.aweber.com/form/00/1093012500.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, "script", "aweber-wjs-98mm54qqn")); // ]]> I live in northeast Florida.. close to Georgia border..I just purchased 15 seeds of this milkweed to grow.. hope to have great success..been raising monarchs for 4 years now and still enjoy doing it. elliptic) or egg-shaped in outline (i.e. The only one that died indoors was in a pot with poor drainage. It does fine in a container, can be overwintered indoors, and makes a spectacular greenhouse centerpiece. The fruit is a large (6-12 cm long and 3-7 cm wide) bladdery 'pod' (i.e. These leaves are rounded (i.e. Based on what hasn’t worked as well, I would definitely go with full sun, and medium to dry soil. Last year, 2017, I planted the Calotropis Procera seeds and had very good germination. Recherche unique par type de climat couvrant plus de 1 000 sites. I’d appreciate any help… Thanks Pam. Calotropis procera is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae that is native to North Africa, tropical Africa, Western Asia, South Asia, and Indochina.The green fruits contain a toxic milky sap that is extremely bitter and turns into a gluey coating which is resistant to soap. I plant to keep all of them potted and on our porch until our last frost in February of 2015. Reporting back one year after my previous/first post. Click here for More Milkweed Ideas to Enhance your Monarch Butterfly Garden. – Would have to grow something like this indoors here all year around…. In contrast, the aqueous extract had not effect on seed germination percentage of barley but had a great inhibition effect on length of radicle and plumule. Mature stems have a deeply fissured, cork-like, bark that is light brown in colour. The seeds can be spread long distances by wind and water and can also be dispersed in mud that becomes attached to animals and vehicles.

I’ve been putting off purchasing one of the varieties of Giant M/W Trees until just this year.