Plant: Butterfly Milkweed
Butterfly Milkweed · Asclepias tuberosa
Size: 1 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Butterfly milkweed is a native perennial 1 to 2 feet tall that carries flat clusters of bright orange to yellow flowers from late spring through summer. It thrives in full sun and poor or dry soil and is a magnet for butterflies, bees and hummingbirds, and a larval host for monarchs. It resists deer, rabbits, drought and salt, and suits meadows, borders and containers.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Butterfly milkweed is a native perennial 1 to 2 feet tall that carries flat clusters of bright orange to yellow flowers from late spring through summer. It thrives in full sun and poor or dry soil and is a magnet for butterflies, bees and hummingbirds, and a larval host for monarchs. It resists deer, rabbits, drought and salt, and suits meadows, borders and containers.
- Flowers
- Flat-topped clusters of orange to yellow and red flowers, May to August.
- Foliage
- Simple lanceolate to oblong leaves 3 to 6 inches long and under an inch wide.
- Fruit
- Pod-like follicles over 3 inches long, good dried.
- Bark & stems
- Green, hairy stems.
- Native range
- Eastern and southern United States
