Common Milkweed Planting Instructions. How to grow milkweed. Milkweed is sometimes known as the butterfly plant as it is the sole source of food for monarch caterpillars.
How to grow asclepias plants in your garden gardener s hq guide to growing milkweed pleurisy root and butterfly weed. If you d like to attract butterflies to your garden growing milkweed is easy to do. Common milkweed grows in sandy clayey or rocky calcareous soils.
Common names vary wildly so use botanical names when you re researching.
Plant seeds just under the soil surface. Common milkweed grows in sandy clayey or rocky calcareous soils. How to grow asclepias plants in your garden gardener s hq guide to growing milkweed pleurisy root and butterfly weed. Common milkweed plants grow to about 2 to 4 feet in height with a thin vertical growth habit.