Butterfly Weed | Asclepias Tuberosa | 50+ Seeds | Attracts Pollenators

Please find for sale 50+ Butterfly Weeds (Asclepias Tuberosa) seeds. Also known by many names including orange milkweed, pleurisy root, butterfly love and butterfly milkweed.  This plant is well-known as one of the best ways to attract butterflies and other pollenators to your garden! 

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Germination Guide

Butterfly Weeds seeds benefit from a period of cold stratification for maximum germination rates. This can be done the natural way - simply sow the seeds in pots and leave outside over winter, let nature take its course and the seeds will germinate in spring. Alternatively:

• Mix the seeds with some damp but not wet seed compost and place in a ziplock bag
• Place bag in the the fridge for 6 weeks (stratification)
• After stratification, sow indoors on the surface of trays of moist well-drained compost
• Gently tamp the seeds to ensure good contact with the compost
• Cover with circa 1cm of sieved compost
• Cover the seed tray with a plastic lid or clingfilm to maintain humidy
• Keep at 18-22°C using a heat mat or propagator
• Germination takes 20-30 days
• Remove cover once germination started and move to cooler conditions
• Water regularly - best to do so from the bottom
• Pot on seedlings when large enough to handle 
• Harden off and plant out after danger of frost has passed