Description
- Pot Size: 5.25 Inch Square Pot
- Common Name: Common Milkweed, Butterfly Weed
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9
- Bloom Color: Pink
- Bloom Time: Summer
- Garden Height: 24-48 Inches
- Garden Spread: 12-18 Inches
A tough, drought-tolerant native with soft mauve blossoms. After flowering, green seed pods appear, filled with silvery-white, silky seeds. The milkweeds are very important food sources for both larval and adult butterflies, making them some of the most sought-after plants here in our garden center! U.S. native.
Uses: Borders, Butterfly Gardens, Cottage Gardens, Erosion Control, Flower Beds, Landscapes, Mass Planting, Meadows, Naturalizing, Rain Gardens, Rock Gardens, Slopes, Xeriscaping
Nature Attraction: Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
Critter Resistance: Deer, Rabbits
Notable Features: Cut Flower, Interesting pods good for dried arrangements, Drought Tolerant, Native
Growth Habit: Upright, Vase-shaped
