Butterfly Milkweed Bush. The species name tuberose refers to the tuberous knobby and with swellings roots. Milkweed is a key source of protection habitat and nourishment for the iconic dwindling monarch butte.
Butterfly weed plants spread by way of seeds which are released from large pods in early. Milkweed is a key source of protection habitat and nourishment for the iconic dwindling monarch butte. Butterfly milkweed asclepias tuberosa l by larry stritch.
Milkweed is a key source of protection habitat and nourishment for the iconic dwindling monarch butte.
These handsome native plants will attract lots of monarch butterflies to your garden although a single plant produces many flowers and makes a colorful show all by itself several clumps of milkweed here and there in the garden are even. The genus name asclepias is named after the greek god of medicine asklepios. Asclepias milkweed if milkweed were as aptly named as butterfly bush it might change the course of the world or at least the migration of a few butterflies. Milkweed is a key source of protection habitat and nourishment for the iconic dwindling monarch butte.