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We can combine multiple items for cheaper shipping. Ask for a invoice before checking out. Thank You all for your continued support! Asclepias cordifolia is a perennial shrub in the Apocynaceae family. Cordifloia is the Latin name meaning heart-shaped and residing primarily in California in the Northern parts of the State and reaching in patches to Nevada and Oregon. These usually take two years to bloom but can be tricked to come out in the first year by trimming the tops. The Native Americans used Asclepias cordifloia to make string and rope. Anthropologists discovered a forty-foot deer net that required the Native Americans to use over thirty-five thousand plants to create. Monarch butterflies eat these milkweed plants to become unpalatable to their predators. The alkaloids in the milkweed help them taste terrible. Growing to 3 feet with beautiful heart-shaped leaves that can also turn purple. It grows best in shaded woodlands, rocky slopes, and mixed coniferous forests. Zones 7-10. Germination Seeds will require warm and cold stratification to break dormancy. Place seeds in a plastic bag mixed with your seed mix inside your refrigerator for four weeks. Sow seeds an eighth of an inch deep. Cover seeds and water thoroughly. Place the seed tray in part shade. Germination can take 7 to 60 days.