Care & Maintenance
CHECK CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR BIO REGION. NOTES HERE ARE FOR THE PACIFIC NORTH WEST.
Low maintenance.
Drought tolerant.
** Avoid skin contact with latex when handling **
Winter:
Keep some stalks standing
as pollinators' habitat.
Harvest
September, October:
~silky~ Seedpods for fibre.
** Once latex leaves the stalks (mid-Autumn) **
Harvest when golden,
after leaves drop.
Uses
Fibre from stalk and pods,
Food from young buds,
Delicacy of sap for monarch caterpillars.
Origins
Central North America
Stories
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