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Asclepias tuberosa / Butterfly Milkweed
$10.00
This stunning milkweed is one of our most vivid wildflowers. Pollinators are as attracted to it as we are, and it is a host plant for monarch caterpillars and milkweed tussock moth caterpillars. Used in herbal medicine for bronchitis and other conditions. An extremely long-lived plant, but only in well-drained, friable soils with ample sun. In the wild, its long taproot resprouts after fire and it thrives where flames have removed competition. Deer resistant, non-aggressive.
This is a specialized, niche-adapted milkweed species. If you are looking to feed monarchs in a garden, you should consider one of the common, easy-to-grow species such as swamp milkweed or common milkweed.
Height: 2′ – 3′ Blooms: June – August
Habitat: Well-drained, sun to part sun
Provenance: NJ
Asclepias exaltata, A. syriaca, and A. tuberosa are available from approximately mid-May onward, after their foliage emerges.
