r/Milkweeds

Thanks in advanced for your feedback. We live in Orlando and planted 2 types of milkweed to support pollinators. I installed drip irrigation as well.

I planted them about 2 weeks ago and the milkweed in the front continuously becomes wilted during the day. Last night I had the drip irrigation On for about 1 hour from 8-9pm

This morning around 11am the leaves were wilted and droopy (1st pic)., the 3rd picture shows the irrigation and how much water they get.

Should I water them daily, multiple times per day until fully established? I appreciate the advice., I want them to take and become fully stablished.

Ordered these babies and they came in yesterday. Transferred them to this large pot. Soil is moist , facing south but I’m still nervous. This is my first time planting anything honestly but I love butterflies and took a chance. Is this setup okay ?

Editing to say I’m in Michigan

I’m in zone 6a, (New England) and I started these seeds in mid February, outdoors in covered trays.

I think they started popping up a little over a month ago. I’m worried the trays are too small and that’s why they aren’t growing more yet.

All of the swamp milkweed seeds failed except one (first pic) and it seems to have another leaf coming out of the middle. The butterfly weed seeds that I harvested myself did very well at first but some have since wilted and they don’t seem to be making progress after I clipped the extra seedlings. (Second pic - before I clipped one of them).

I had read that you should wait until they have multiple “true leaves” before transplanting, but I’m worried that they just won’t grow more in these tiny cells?

So do I wait for more growth or transplant now? How much longer to wait?

I have a few more varieties coming and already have a decent butterfly garden started but I've never worked with milkweed.

I grew some Common Milkweed from seed as shown in images 1, 2, and 5. I also bought 5 Butterfly Milkweed from a nursery as shown in images 3 and 4. Any tips, ideas, or wrongdoings for me from the crowd? As well as one question. Why are my leaf tips on my common milkweed doing that. They have yellowish white tips that are crumbly if I touch them. Not all are like that only some.

Grown swamp milkweed in the past but it only flowered first time i planted it back in summer 2024.

This year i’m doing it differently by having its pot in a large bottom quarter barrel filled with water and with pebbles on the bottom for water access for drainage holes. So far no wilting at all which is a good sign i think.. also i switch out the water every 2-3 days to make sure it doesn’t go stagnant.

I also feel like I should mention this, I know there is different species of milkweed specifically the native species to my region, which are easier to grow, but rest assured I have a healthy patch of zizotes milkweed in my backyard. I just want to grow swamp milkweed because out of all the species incarnata has to be my favorite!

2nd year

I was doing farm-hand work for my neighbor and she has these huge patches of some kind of milkweed, I’m not sure which kind, but she though they were a different plant and cut them all up before I could help her identify it as milkweed and now I just have these cuttings. I would like to root them but I don’t have any rooting hormone

I'm not sure what's happening to my Showy Milkweed.

I've seen rust on the Narrow leaf in my yard and it doesn't look like this. Can someone identify the issue?

*Reposted with pics of the bottom of the leaves

Starting its third year of growth