NAME: Balloon Milkweed
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Hairy Balls / Balloonplant / Balloon Cotton Bush / Bishop's Balls / Nailhead / Swan Plant / Family Jewels / Butterfly Weed / Butterfly Milkweed
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gomphocarpus Physocarpus syn. Asclepias Physocarpus
COLOR: Creamy White Flowers
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after danger of frost / 2 week cold stratification / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Late Spring - Early Fall / Nearly Year Round Where Perennial
HARDINESS ZONE: 8 - 11 / Annual in Cooler Zones
PLANT HEIGHT: 6 - 8' / 4 - 6' as an Annual
PLANT SPACING: 2 - 3'
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 10 Seeds