Butterfly Milkweed Seed Planting. The plant suitable for growing in usda plant hardiness zones 3 through 9 thrives in bright sunlight and poor dry sandy or gravelly soil with a slightly acidic or neutral ph. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is a native herbaceous perennial whose main virtue is its appeal to butterflies especially the monarch which deposits its eggs on the milkweed when the caterpillars hatch they feed on the leaves of milkweed.
Butterfly milkweed asclepia tuberosa is a sun loving perennial growing plant that is highly attractive to bees and a number of different butterfuly species. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 to 9 where it is frequently added to butterfly gardens and native plant landscaping. All milkweed plants disperse their seed in the same manner.
Butterfly weed is a must have plant for green thumbs looking to coax its namesake beautiful winged insects into their garden.
I live in raleigh nc zone 7. Also known as asclepias tuberosa orange milkweed pleurisy root and yellow milkweed the plant can grow to be anywhere from one to two feet tall and is characterized by glossy green leaves and clusters of bright orange to yellow blooms that are rich with nectar and. Common milkweed plants grow to about 2 to 4 feet in height with a thin vertical growth habit. A member of the milkweed family it thrives throughout u s.