"griffon" wrote in message
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There is a large patch of butterfly weed growing in a ditch near my
house and this is going to be bulldozed out in a few days because they
are building an apartment complex. The land's owner said "dig up
whatever you want" when I asked about it. I know that it has a
taproot which can go fairly deep and I was wondering if I should
expect any success at all if I try to dig it up and take it home to
stick in the ground. I am trying to decide how much effort to put
into it, since there is quite a bit of it and any I do not dig up wil
die, so I hate not to get as much as possible.

The answers you received sounded right. Go for it because the plant is a
goner anyway. I was given a couple of seedlings by a fellow gardener that
came up under her plant and have two plants that bloom and increase in size
every year but haven't had any progeny sprout under them, a minus because I
want more.

I tried collecting, saving, and planting seeds, but none of them grew. I
might add that I collected seeds from a white milkweed with the same
results. Does anyone have a formula for making these seeds grow?

John