Asclepias syriaca #1
$30.00
Common Milkweed ·
Our native milkweed, this plant provides both nectar and food for the monarch butterfly and caterpillar. Its upright stems produces wide gray-green leaves topped by clusters of starry lavender-pink flowers in late July followed by pods of fluffy seeds.
| Perennial | |
| Asclepias | |
| Milkweed | |
| Zone 3 | |
| 6+ hours | |
| Dry, Moist, Sandy | |
| 24-40" | |
| 24-60" | |
| Summer | |
| Pink | |
| Moderate | |
| Clump, Upright | |
| Flower-tone | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Grasses, Aster, Nepeta, Sedum |