milkweeds

MR. WEBER: Out here you remember you showed us quite a number of seedlings growing in a corn field like milkweeds, growing right alongside of them, and one of us thought the milkweeds were the pecans, as they looked much the same.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914

I'm posting this picture for Kim because she gave me a seedling of one of these milkweeds this spring.

The Ever-Ripening Year « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

Her first job was pulling milkweeds for a penny apiece; after graduating from the University of Iowa in May, she's headed to Washington, D.C., where she'll analyze environmental policy in the office of the U.S. secretary of transportation.

USA TODAY's college all-stars gifted in class and beyond 2009

So, Kim, I can observe those amazing milkweeds anytime I want!

The Ever-Ripening Year « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

They rode their bikes down the railroad tracks, and it wasn't like being in the center of the city at all, with the smell of milkweeds and the noise of birds and crickets all about them and the spring sun glinting down the railroad tracks.

The Palatski Man Stuart Dybek 2010

The milkweeds need more moisture than I have on this sloping lot, but we are still trying to grow them, with poor results.

Greeted By Butterflies « Fairegarden 2009

I just had to pull up a few sprouting milkweeds by the side of the house, didn't I?

Kate Clinton: If You Go Down to the Woods Today... 2008

Alas milkweeds hate my garden. chuck b. said this on August 27, 2008 at 3:28 am | Reply

August Clues « Fairegarden 2008

Think of a summer day, with dandelions, cottonwoods and milkweeds wafting along a gentle breeze.

The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

Wet savannas and bogs contained an array of colorful wildflowers: red lillies, orange milkweeds, yellow pitcher plants, lavender butterworts, and purple sundews.

Ecoregions of Mississippi (EPA) 2008