Butterfly Weed Perennial. Butterfly weed is a bright and beautiful perennial that will add a lot to your garden. Joe pye weed is great for the back of a garden bed where at nearly six feet in height they tower over lesser perennials.
Unlike common milkweed asclepias syriaca butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa does not have the quickly spreading roots that qualify it as invasive. Joe pye weed is great for the back of a garden bed where at nearly six feet in height they tower over lesser perennials. Blooming for 4 6 weeks in mid summer this plant is a favorite of bees butterflies and hummingbirds.
Very late to come up in the spring so mark the spot by planting daffodils or other companion bulbs.
Blooming for 4 6 weeks in mid summer this plant is a favorite of bees butterflies and hummingbirds. Asclepias tuberosa the butterfly weed is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern north america. To learn how to grow it germinate seed and other facts read on. Very late to come up in the spring so mark the spot by planting daffodils or other companion bulbs.