Buy Butterfly Weed Seeds. Asclepias tuberosa and over 1000 other quality seeds for sale. Butterfly milkweed seed thrives in rocky or sandy soil typically in open fields or along roadsides.
Also known as butterfly weed pleurisy root and butterfly milkweed. Flattish orange blooms in large clusters attract pollinators all summer. It is a perennial plant growing to 0 62 m 1 2 feet tall with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall.
Barely cover with soil then refrigerate for 3 weeks.
The leaves are spirally arranged lanceolate 512 cm long and 23 cm broad. Often known in old fashioned circles as butterfly weed it is also sometimes referred to by the more marketing savvy as butterfly flower. But regardless of the moniker this beautiful native is cherished by serious wild gardeners for. Park seed offers the classic butterfly weed from seed.
