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102 Tam Road, Huntsville TX 77320 USA
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Saturday - JUNE 28TH
9:00 am -12:30 pm
SALE BEGINS: Wednesday, June 18th, 8:00am
SALE CLOSES: Tuesday, June 24th, 10:00pm
PLANTS must be picked up: Saturday, JUNE 28th 9:00am-12:30pm
Pickup Location: 102 Tam Rd, Huntsville, TX. 77320
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Asclepias currasavica is a tropical milkweed noted for its long blooming season. The host plant for the monarch butterfly, milkweed exudes a sticky white sap that the monarch caterpillar eats and makes itself taste bad to the birds. It's an ingenious defense system!
Milkweed plants are critical for the monarch population, and the tropical milkweeds are longer lasting than the native varieties. The drawback to this, however, is the tropical variety, if it doesn't die back in the winter, can carry a protozoan parasite that will kill the caterpillar and affect the monarch population.
The answer is to cut your tropical milkweed to within a few inches of the ground in early November. And don't worry...it'll come back in the spring!
Walker County Master Gardeners are volunteers committed to education and outreach on a wide variety of horticultural subjects. Our association was founded in 2001 and is part of the Texas Master Gardeners Association.
WALKER COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
TX A&M Agri-Life Extension
Master Gardeners are members of the local community who take an active interest in their lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers and gardens. They are enthusiastic, willing to learn and to help others, and able to communicate with diverse groups of people.
What really sets Master Gardeners apart from other home gardeners is their special training in horticulture. In exchange for their training, persons who become Master Gardeners contribute time as volunteers, working through their cooperative Extension office to provide horticultural information and education back to their communities. If you are interested in becoming an Extension Master Gardener, contact your AgriLife Extension office.
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Saturday - JUNE 28TH
9:00 am -12:30 pm