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Asclepias syriaca


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Support monarch butterflies and plant this beautiful eastern milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.


Description:
Asclepias syriaca is an eastern North American classic best known as a food source for larval monarch butterflies. It is a stoloniferous (spreading) perennial with thick, leather leaves and intriguing clusters of fragrant pink flowers in summer. Interesting seed pods open to reveal silky white seeds. Deer resistant.


Common Name: Common Milkweed

Family: Asclepiadaceae (The Milkweed Family)

Zone Hardiness: 4-9

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun

Height: 2-4'

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Drought Tolerant

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: Yes

Berries:

Benefits: Butterflies

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Fields, open woods, roadsides, railroads, waste ground.

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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America

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