How to Transplant Milkweed

In this video I show you how to dig up and transplant common milkweed from one spot to another, safely. I also teach you some common methods to differentiate common milkweed from lookalikes such as Pokeweed and Dogbane.

00:00 Intro
00:50 Legalities & Ethics
02:54 What to check before taking a plant
04:00 Identifying common milkweed
05:47 Choosing plants for transplanting
06:33 Tools needed
07:00 Transplanting Milkweed
08:56 Potting up bare root milkweed
09:40 transplant shock
10:18 where to plant milkweed
10:38 review

For quick references, which includes the visual graphics presented in the video as well as step by step guide, see link below:

If you want Milkweed for Monarch Butterflies, but don't want to deal with spreading rhizomes, try Swamp Milkweed or Butterfly Weed (videos below).

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