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Common Milkweed: http://www.lakeandwetlandecosystems.com/upland-plants/common-milkweed-asclepias-syriaca/ The Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is probably best known as one of the host plants for the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar. It makes a great addition to the garden, but can be rather aggressive. These seeds were collected from the milkweed plants in my garden in late winter, so they were cold treated by nature. Video is taken over 15 days. Seeds were first planted and water seven days prior to that. The seedlings became rather "leggy" due to the artificial light. They are now in a south-facing window and are doing great. They will be given away to friends, since I have plenty in the back yard already. Now I'm trying to start some Butterfly Milkweed seeds, for planting my yard. I took the photos that make up this video in my basement. I'm still working out the bugs of this set up. I learned a lot from this first "studio" attempt. The video has some odd pauses in it, this must be from the way YouTube processed it. Technical stuff: Camera - Sony a580 dslr Lens -- "kit" Sony 18-55mm Timer - Vello shutter boss Photos edited in Adobe Lightroom 5 Movie produced in Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13 Please help support these videos and my website by purchasing one of my photographic prints at: http://www.winnebagophotography.com/ Check out my nature blog http://www.lakeandwetlandecosystems.com/blog/ And my photo blog: http://www.clunkycamera.com/ Please Like and subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/winnebagophoto