How to tend a Asclepias syriaca
Also known as: Asclepias apocinum Gaterau, Asclepias consanguinea Kunze, Asclepias cornuti Decne., Asclepias fragrans Raf., Asclepias globosa Stokes, Asclepias grandifolia Bertol., Asclepias illinoensis Michx. ex Steud., Asclepias intermedia Vail, Asclepias obtusifolia Kunze, Asclepias pubescens Moench, Asclepias pubigera Dumort., Asclepias serica Raf., Asclepias syriaca f. inermis J.R.Churchill, Asclepias syriaca f. leucantha Dore, Asclepias syriaca f. polyphylla B.Boivin, Asclepias syriaca f. syriaca , Asclepias syriaca var. syriaca , Asclepias capitellata Raf.
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Only need keep soil moist
Sunlight
Like sufficient sunlight
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Apply enough base fertilizers
Pruning
In spring pruning and remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Tropical Americas
- Category
- Asclepiadaceae, Asclepias
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 15-20 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period nearly year around, fruiting period August-December
- Flower colors
- light purple, purple red, orange
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