Golden Butterfly Weed Silky Gold. This small and unobtrusive perennial fits snugly into containers and garden beds or borders where it provides reliable color and constant interest from. Golden yellow bloom time.
Butterfly weed performs best in full sun locations but can adapt to some shade as long as it receives at least six hours of direct sunlight per day. Unknown tell us. The flowers appear in late spring to late fall on long stems bearing up to 4 inches 10 cm long clusters of.
This butterfly weed can take some drought but will look much better and recover far more readily with a reasonable water diet particularly if it is planted in a sunny location.
Silky gold tropical milkweed is a monarch butterfly host plant with attractive solid yellow flowers. This milkweed cultivar is bred for its distinct flower color. Asclepias curassavica silky gold is a tender evergreen perennial up to 4 feet 1 2 m tall with narrow up to 6 inches 15 cm long yellow green lance shaped leaves. Monarch butterflies will reward you your garden with their love presence as they lay their eggs on this host plant.