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ASCLEPIAS incarnata
Plant Description
| Article Type: | (GOLD NUGGET SEED ®) |
| Life Cycle: | Perennial |
| Family: | Asclepiadaceae |
| Origin: | Southern and Eastern USA: wet meadows, riverbanks, swamp. |
| Special Features: | ASCLEPIAS incarnata has a delicate vanilla scent. Shores and marshes are its natural habitat, but also tolerates not quite as moist locations. ASCLEPIAS incarnata forms a taproot and should not possible be replanted. The botanical name refers to the flower color. |
| Basic Colour: | (pink / salmon) |
| Flower Colour: | pinkred |
| Natural Flowering Period: | July - August |
| Flowering: | First year flowering |
| Winter Hardiness Zones: |
Z3 - Z9
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| Foliage: | simple, lanceolate, glabrous leaves, green |
| Growth Habit: | clumping / bushy |
| Height with Flowers: | 100 cm |
| Spacing between Plants: | 40 cm |
| Soil Requirements: | moist / boggy / along streamsides / loamy |
| Location: | |
| Characteristics: | decorative fruit |
| Usage: | honey-bee food plant / suitable for cutting / water or marshplant |
| Portion weight: | 0.5556 Gram |
| Grams per 1000 seeds: | 5.55556 Gram |
| Seeds per Gram (does not correspond to the number of plants!): |
180 |
| Plug tray recommended size(s): | 72 |
| Sowing Direction: |
(15) Rapidly germinating, keep seed in constant moisture (not wet) with temperatures of about +20°C [68°F]. Seeds must be covered thinly. Do not cover very small seeds, but tightly press into the earth. Keep in cooler conditions after germination occurs.
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| Container Size(s): | 1 plug per 8/9 cm (3 1/2") / 1-2 plugs per 11/12 cm (4 1/2") |
| Fertilizer: | Medium (150-200 ppm) |
