Milkweed And Cat

This is an Asclepias plant I bought from Hampsons. I told Cat on Thursday I thought it was named after the Greek demigod of Healing. A google search later:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius
The Asclepias flowers for almost nine months a year in bright orange and red flowers. Its due to flower from April untill November..
The plant itself is called Milk weed and has been used in traditional healing.
It is also used in Butterfly gardens to attract the Monarch butterfly. It is suprisingly toxic to everything else, and birds will not eat butterflys that fed off the plant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkweed





To the Left is the Rod of Asclepius... traditional symbol of Medicine. Asclepius the Greek Demigod was a fabled healer who said was to be so skilled that he could heal all manner of ills, and even bring back the dead. He observed a snake bringing another one healing herbs.
He upset Zeus, so was killed by a lightning bolt, then brought back to life to sit with the gods on Mount Olympus. He also became a constellation of stars called Ophiuchus. The Serpent Bearer.
Linnaeus named the Milk weed after the Greek Healer due to its folk uses.
Cat has been poorly and was admitted to hospital during my nights. Get better soon Cat! She needs some Asclepius healing...