Bloodflower
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Asclepius curassavica, Bloodflower |
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A beautiful milkweed used in Chinese
medicine, Bloodflower is an easy annual or tender perennial. It has
yellow flowers with orange hoods and bright yellow centers. This lovely
plant produces a typical milkweed pod which hosts Monarch butterflies
and makes them taste awful to the birds! A stunning large ornamental
that blooms all summer. Grow specs: To 4 feet. Full Sun. Average soil. Known as an ementic and vermifuge, this plant has also been used for its fiber and its down-like floss. (Photo © Ron Hughes) $3.00 |
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