Gomphocarpus Physocarpus Seeds

They are covered with soft bristles which has also earned them the name of hairy balls plant. Most other milkweeds have longer and more slender seed pods.

Avoir William Dam Seeds 2013 By Dino Giudice Issuu

Gomphocarpus physocarpus seeds!!!

This lovely white milkweed grows 6 tall. Noted for its curious balloon like seed pods gomphocarpus physocarpus balloon plant is an upright perennial producing slender stems clad with lance shaped pale lime green leaves. The seeds were planted indoors and sprouted very quickly. Leave it alone and you.

I volunteer at a local nursery and was able to germinate the seed there in late march. It s perennial in zones 9 11 a fine annual anywhere as it bloom in only 7 weeks from seed and it reseeds enthusiastically. Gomphocarpus asclepias physocarpus is a plant in the milkweed family in the subfamily asclepiadoideae of the apocynaceae formerly the asclepiadaceae often used as an ornamental for the striking yellowish ball like fruits. It is an upright shrubby perennial that typically grows to 4 6 tall on stems clad with lanceolate green leaves to 4 long.

This was my first year growing oscar s milkweed or asclepias gomphocarpus physocarpus here in louisville kentucky. Clusters of fragrant blooms grow on long stems they make great cut flowers drawing butterflies to the plant and they turn into some of the weirdest seedpods in creation swan plant is native to africa. Balloon plant has earned that name for a unique reason. Gomphocarpus physocarpus commonly called balloon plant is native to southeast africa.

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