Milkweeds — Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Plants

A summer-blooming wildflower in the milkweed family that is an important host to the monarch butterfly. Orange flower clusters attract many species of butterflies and pollinating insects. Must have sunny dry soil to thrive. Excellent dry garden plant or naturalized in a dry meadow. Deer-resistant foliage. 

Native to: Maine (now extinct in the wild)

Growing conditions: Sun, average to dry soil

Natural habitat: Pine barrens, dry sandy meadows and roadsides

Grows up to: 18"

Blooms: Summer

Pairs well with: Sundial lupine and smooth blue aster