Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica

Asclepias curassavica

£6.50
Currently being propagated, please ask as we may have some, or we can at least let you know when they will hopefully be available
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A frost-tender, evergreen sub shrub with bright red and orange flowers from summer to autumn. Attracts bees and butterflies. Grow in a loam based compost and feed in summer. Sap may be an irritant.

Common Name: Blood Flower
Plant Family: Asclepiadaceae
Plant Type: Tender Shrub
POT SIZE/QUANTITY
9 cm
Season of Interest
Spring to autumn
Sun or Shade
Sun to Part Shade
Height
medium (up to 6 feet)
Minimum temperature
Frost tender (plus 1 to 5 deg. C.)
Position/Situation
Heated Conservatory, greenhouse or indoors
Flower Colour
Orange
Leaf Colour
Green
Asclepias curassavica

Asclepias curassavica

Caution when handling the milky sap can irritate the skin. All parts can cause stomach upset if ingested.

A tender, evergreen sub shrub from tropical regions of the Americas with bright red and orange flowers over a long period from summer-autumn. Loved by Bees and Butterflies and is a valuable food and egg laying source for members of the Danainae family of Butterflies especially the Monarch.

After the flowers long green seed pods appear which, when ripe will split open to reveal the seeds. These have fine silky “tails” which, in the wild, would be carried away by the wind. You can collect and sow the seed or just remove the pods if they are not wanted.

Grow in a loam based compost with added grit for drainage and feed monthly in summer with a high potash feed such as tomato food. This plant is not hardy and although it can be put outside for the summer it must be brought in well before any frosts are forecast. Please note an unheated greenhouse can freeze in winter and so is not a reliable place to overwinter tender plants.  

 
    Pot Sizes

    Unless otherwise indicated our plants are supplied in the following pot sizes according to category. Dimensions refer to either the pot diameter (cm) or volume (litre);

    • Exotics/Conservatory & House Plants, Succulents: mostly as young plants in 7 to 9cm (approx. 0.5 litre)  or 1 litre pots
    • Hardy Perennials, Ferns and Grasses: 1 litre (approx. 12cm diameter)
    • Hardy Shrubs and Climbers: 1.5 or 2 litre 

    The exact size of plants will vary with the growing season and may be cut back in accordance with normal pruning regimes or to fit in the box if they are excessively tall.

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    Minimum order value £10

    Region Order Value Carriage Charge Carrier Service Estimated Delivery from placing your order
             
    UK (excluding N. Ireland) Light weight small parcel up to 2 kg (up to 5 plants in 9 cm pots) £6 Royal Mail 1-2 Days (tracked) Up to 17 days
    UK Mainland Orders over 2 kg £7.50 Royal Mail 1-2 Days (tracked) Up to 17 days
    Seeds & Cuttings only All orders £2 Royal Mail 1st Class Within 1 week

    Local Delivery: Postcodes IP1 to IP8 & CO10

    Orders over £35 FREE Our vehicles Within 1 week

    Collect from Nursery (IP7 6LZ)

    All orders FREE  

    1-3 days (we will contact you)

    Scottish Highlands
    & Isle of Wight

    Orders over 2 kg 

    £6 Royal Mail 1-2 Days (tracked)

    Up to 18 days

    Scottish Offshore Islands

    Orders over 2 kg

    £7.5 Royal Mail 1-2 Days (tracked)

    Up to 18 days

     

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    Royal Mail 1-2 Days (tracked)