Sowing months
Apr–Jun
Sunlight
Full, hard sun
Water
None once established
Mature size
1.5–2.5 m
First harvest
Flowers year one
Family
Apocynaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
biodiversity
Sow in
summer
Care
Grows in pure sand on a construction edge.
The desert milkweed, smaller than gigantea and even tougher.
Growing it
Grows in pure sand on a construction edge.
What it is for
Butterfly host plant for the driest sites.