Asclepias syriaca / Common Milkweed

A superb pollinator plant, Monarch butterfly host, and delicious perennial vegetable with edible parts through most of the growing season. Unruly in the flowerbed, but ideal for permaculture and naturalizing. Deer resistant. See more at http://wildridgeplants.blogspot.com/2014/06/eating-like-monarch.html

Grown with Eragrostis spectabilis as a companion plant in container, no extra charge.

Height: 3′-5′ Blooms: June – July

Habitat: Average soil, sun to part shade