Aquatic Milkweed White Milkweed Butterfly Milkweed. Seeds and plants are available thru my amazon affiliate product banners. Aquatic milkweed is a monarch butterfly host plant with white flowers.
Aquatic milkweed is an often overlooked beauty in native flora. Other common names for asclepias tuberosa include butterfly love butterfly milkweed canada root chigger flower chiggerflower fluxroot indian paintbrush indian posy orange milkweed orange root orange swallow wort pleurisy root silky swallow wort tuber root yellow milkweed white. This little milkweed is a great performer being shade tolerant and flowering spring through autumn.
A new butterfly garden at camp salmen nature park in slidell is experimenting with varieties of milkweed to see which ones perform best.
As the name suggests aquatic milkweed prefers wet rich soil and can be found in wetlands and swamps throughout the southeastern united states. Other common names for asclepias tuberosa include butterfly love butterfly milkweed canada root chigger flower chiggerflower fluxroot indian paintbrush indian posy orange milkweed orange root orange swallow wort pleurisy root silky swallow wort tuber root yellow milkweed white. As the name suggests aquatic milkweed prefers wet rich soil and can be found in wetlands and swamps throughout the southeastern united states. Attracts butterflies is main positive needs the soil to remain moist since it has adapted to growth in such an environment.