One of the easiest butterfly-friendly flowers you can grow!
Brighten your landscape, borders, and bouquets with large clusters of orange, red, pink, and lemon-yellow blooms engulfed in oblong, mid-green leaves. Butterflies all summer long! Enjoy the bright orange and lemon hues of this vibrant mixture while flocks of butterflies treat you to their own show of color and activity. Fragrant, quick-growing plants form clumps of foliage that make the perfect backdrop to the showy flowers. Milkweed plants are drought tolerant and provide a steady food source for beautiful Monarch butterflies
Milkweed is essential to the Monarchs as they complete their life cycle on the plant. They begin by laying eggs on the leaves and once they hatch, use the leaves of the plant as their food source. Once large enough, the process of metamorphosis begins and the caterpillar emerges as the Monarch butterfly. The butterfly feeds off the Milkweed flowers until it lays eggs for the next generation. Milkweed is essential to their short life cycle and by planting it in your landscape, you are creating a habitat for the butterflies for years to come.
Species: Variety of Milkweed. We do NOT make any claims that you will receive all seed varieties since we have no way of knowing which are which.
The mix may include; Soulmate Swamp Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed Carmine, Orange Glory Flower, Cinderella Asclepias, Summer Zest Asclepias, Bloodflower, Sunset flower, Whorled Milkweed, Common Milkweed, Showy Milkweed, Tropical Milkweed, and Butterfly Weed
Heirloom pollinator attractor
Multiple colors of blooms beginning in the summer that can thrive in almost any soil
Thrives in bright, sunny growing areas
Botanical Name Asclepias tuberosa
Form Perennial
Hardiness Zone 3-9
Flowering Time All summer
Light Requirements Full Sun
Flower Color Mixture of yellow, orange, and pink tones
Flower Form Clusters (umbels), 2-5" across
Foliage Type Alternate, lanceolate or oblong, 2-6" long
Growth Rate Fast
Height/Habit 18 - 36 inches
Spread 24 inches
Planting Instructions Top of the plant should be just below the soil, plant approx 24" apart.
Soil Requirements Well drained
Will Tolerate Acidic Soil, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Pruning Remove spent blooms can prolong blooming time.
LIGHT Full Sun
SIZE #1 Plant
ZONE 3-9
BLOOM TIME All summer
HEIGHT 18 - 36 inches
SOIL REQUIREMENT Well drained
DEER RESISTANT
ATTRACT BEES
Note: No tracking # will be provided to make the shipping cost-effective for us and free for you.
Returns & exchanges Not accepted. But please contact me if you have problems with your order
Brighten your landscape, borders, and bouquets with large clusters of orange, red, pink, and lemon-yellow blooms engulfed in oblong, mid-green leaves. Butterflies all summer long! Enjoy the bright orange and lemon hues of this vibrant mixture while flocks of butterflies treat you to their own show of color and activity. Fragrant, quick-growing plants form clumps of foliage that make the perfect backdrop to the showy flowers. Milkweed plants are drought tolerant and provide a steady food source for beautiful Monarch butterflies
Milkweed is essential to the Monarchs as they complete their life cycle on the plant. They begin by laying eggs on the leaves and once they hatch, use the leaves of the plant as their food source. Once large enough, the process of metamorphosis begins and the caterpillar emerges as the Monarch butterfly. The butterfly feeds off the Milkweed flowers until it lays eggs for the next generation. Milkweed is essential to their short life cycle and by planting it in your landscape, you are creating a habitat for the butterflies for years to come.
Species: Variety of Milkweed. We do NOT make any claims that you will receive all seed varieties since we have no way of knowing which are which.
The mix may include; Soulmate Swamp Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed Carmine, Orange Glory Flower, Cinderella Asclepias, Summer Zest Asclepias, Bloodflower, Sunset flower, Whorled Milkweed, Common Milkweed, Showy Milkweed, Tropical Milkweed, and Butterfly Weed
Heirloom pollinator attractor
Multiple colors of blooms beginning in the summer that can thrive in almost any soil
Thrives in bright, sunny growing areas
Botanical Name Asclepias tuberosa
Form Perennial
Hardiness Zone 3-9
Flowering Time All summer
Light Requirements Full Sun
Flower Color Mixture of yellow, orange, and pink tones
Flower Form Clusters (umbels), 2-5" across
Foliage Type Alternate, lanceolate or oblong, 2-6" long
Growth Rate Fast
Height/Habit 18 - 36 inches
Spread 24 inches
Planting Instructions Top of the plant should be just below the soil, plant approx 24" apart.
Soil Requirements Well drained
Will Tolerate Acidic Soil, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Pruning Remove spent blooms can prolong blooming time.
LIGHT Full Sun
SIZE #1 Plant
ZONE 3-9
BLOOM TIME All summer
HEIGHT 18 - 36 inches
SOIL REQUIREMENT Well drained
DEER RESISTANT
ATTRACT BEES
Note: No tracking # will be provided to make the shipping cost-effective for us and free for you.
Returns & exchanges Not accepted. But please contact me if you have problems with your order