About Butterfly Weed
Commonly called Butterfly Weed, this perennial puts out showstopping orange clusters of flowers in midsummer.
As you might guess from the name, butterflies (including Swallowtails) love the sweet nectar this plant produces, so swarms of butterfly wings will appear wherever you have this beauty planted.
Long slender seed pods burst in the fall sending a seed attached to a fluffy floating through your garden to reseed like a weed.
This Asclepias variety is shorter than its cousins and doesn’t have their white, milky sap. It also prefers slightly drier conditions but thrives in full sun, just like the rest of its family.
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