Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) Swamp milkweed features vibrant pink to light purple blooms that attract pollinators, including monarch butterflies and native bees. ...

Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is one of the tamer milkweeds with lots of ornamental appeal. This adaptable milkweed is hardy in zones three to ten and was named the 2017 Perennial Plant ...

Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica): Tropical milkweed, sometimes called blood flower, is not a native milkweed, nor is it hardy in the Mid-Atlantic. It may self-seed here.

M ilkweed, the common name of the genus Asclepias, is an incredibly popular and diverse native plant that grows across the United States, from the Northeast to the Great Lakes to the Southwest. If ...

Monarch caterpillars will only eat leaves of milkweed plants.For decades the only type of milkweed available at local garden centers was the tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, also called ...

During several visits to South Boulder Creek Trail recently, monarch butterflies and western tiger swallowtails, Papilio rutulus, were nectaring on swamp milkweed.This is common knowledge — online ...

It's Asclepias curavassica, or tropical milkweed. Monarchs will happily lay their eggs on tropical milkweed and their hungry caterpillars will strip it clean.

Asclepias curassavica may be widely sold as a native plant, but it is not native to anyplace within the path of North America’s migrating monarchs, including Texas.

Asclepias curassavica, or Tropical Milkweed, is a native of South America and therefore does not appear in our Native Plant Database. However, here is a Floridata website on it for reference.

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Grow milkweed (Asclepias) to support monarch butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees while adding color, fragrance, and beauty to your landscape. You’ll find native milkweeds throughout North and South ...