Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)

$5.00

Type: Forb

Area: Prairie

Height: 1′ – 2 1/2′

Bloom Months: July, August

Color: Orange

Sun: Part Sun to Full Sun

Moisture: Mesic-Dry

Soil: acidic soil that is sandy or rocky, will adapt to other kinds of soil if well-drained

Host: Danaus plexippus (Monarch), Danaus gilippus (Queen), Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak), Cycnia inopinatus

Attracts/Benefits: Various Butterflies including Fritillaries, Swallowtails, Monarch, Hummingbirds, Bees, Honeybees, Wasps

Photo credit: Possibility Place, Sharon Yiesla

23 in stock

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Description

Description from Possibility Place:  One of the showiest of the species, Butterfly weed is the most popular milkweed on our list. It has bright orange, terminal clusters of flowers and lance-shaped, pubescent leaves. It is drought tolerant, clump forming, and will not move around much in the garden. It is a host for many pollinators, including Monarchs, Swallowtails, and many species of bees and beetles.

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Click here for the native pollinators that feed on Asclepias tuberosa.

Companion plants that go well together with Asclepias tuberosa are Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem), Sporobolus heterolepsis (prairie dropseed), New Jersey Tea, beebalm and Coreopsis species.

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