Buy Swamp Milkweed. Container garden cutting garden soil type. 10 00 prairie milkweed seed 25 seeds asclepias sullivantii clipped 8 00 sold out to help the monarchs get passionate about milkweed.
Butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa swamp milkweed asclepias incarnata are considered the best varieties for an ornamental garden. Preferring moist soils this is a great plant for naturalizing and for use in rain gardens. Magazine on wednesday.
If you would like to add this valuable butterfly plant to your garden here are seeds available for purchase.
Hawkmoths swallowtail butterflies greater fritillaries monarch butterflies skippers bumblebees honeybees and numerous other nectar seekers will visit this plant daily when in flower. It takes a couple of years for this milkweed to become a full mature plant. This asclepias makes a dramatic statement in the garden or perennial border. 4 2 out of 5 stars 540.