Shopping for a water softener: 1  Salt-based units need to have the salt replenished on a regular basis, usually at a cost of anywhere from $2-$15 a month depending on the cost of the salt ($3-$8 per 40-pound bag) and the amount of salt used by your system.
Milkweed is the common name for perennial, herbaceous plants of genus Asclepias, family Asclepiadaceae (from Greek physician Asclepius). One hundred species occur worldwide; 13 are native to Canada.
Scarlet weed (A. curassavica) also referred to as Butterfly weed, bloodflower or Mexican milkweed. annual/ tender perennial for full sun, bearing yellow and red bicolored blooms, or solid bloom clusters of one of those colors, on three to five foot tall stems. Scarlet milkweed is a popular annual milkweed. Seed (which must have a moist cold stratification period) is started indoors in early spring for shorter--summer zones, or outside in warmer areas. Scarlet milkweed is reported as drought tolerant but will grow more lush with moist conditions.