Asclepias angustifolia Sonoita Asia Minor Native from the Carolinas west

Native from the Carolinas west to Missouri

a cross of Epimedium sempervirens 'Candy Hearts' x Epimedium grandiflorum 'Yubae'

except for a floral slow-down in the hottest part of midsummer

who got it from NC's Powell's Garden around 1985

These rarely-offsetting intermediates produce leafy 1' tall x 18" wide rosettes of rigid grey-green leaves

Asclepias angustifolia Sonoita Asia Minor Native from the Carolinas westAsclepias angustifolia is a truly superb garden plant, that is virtually unknown outside its native range in southern Arizona and adjacent Mexico, where it can be found between 4,000' and 7,000' elevation. Narrow leaf milkweed forms a tight clump of upright stalks that create a 2' tall x 2' wide garden specimen. The stalks are clothed with amsonia like foliage, and topped from May through September (NC) with terminal clusters of flowers that emerge as