Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Milkweeds are best known as the essential food source for monarch caterpillars. These native perennials vary in habit and flower colour but all share rounded clusters of summer blooms and bold, upright foliage.
Asclepias incarnata forms a tall, upright plant with soft pink flowers in mid to late summer. It tolerates damp soils but also grows well in average conditions. ‘Ice Ballet’ is a white-flowered form.
Asclepias tuberosa has a compact, mounded shape with narrow leaves and vivid orange flowers that bloom in early to mid-summer and attract a wide range of butterflies.
Asclepias syriaca is the tallest of the group, with broad leaves and fragrant pink flowers, and is best suited to areas where it has room to spread.
Bloom time varies by species, generally from early to late summer.
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Milkweeds are best known as the essential food source for monarch caterpillars. These native perennials vary in habit and flower colour but all share rounded clusters of summer blooms and bold, upright foliage.
Asclepias incarnata forms a tall, upright plant with soft pink flowers in mid to late summer. It tolerates damp soils but also grows well in average conditions. ‘Ice Ballet’ is a white-flowered form.
Asclepias tuberosa has a compact, mounded shape with narrow leaves and vivid orange flowers that bloom in early to mid-summer and attract a wide range of butterflies.
Asclepias syriaca is the tallest of the group, with broad leaves and fragrant pink flowers, and is best suited to areas where it has room to spread.
Bloom time varies by species, generally from early to late summer.
