Growing Butterfly Weed In Containers. Butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa is a showy orange flowering native perennial flower. A container that s about 6 inches across can hold anywhere from one to three plants.
The fruit of the butterfly weed plant is a narrow greyish green pod covered with hairs which ripens at the end of summer or the beginning of fall. Butterfly weed asclepias tuberosa is a showy orange flowering native perennial flower. Slip started plants out of their pots and plant them into the potting soil image 2.
How to grow asclepias tuberosa.
Slip started plants out of their pots and plant them into the potting soil image 2. Helpful 0 not helpful 0. Blooming for 4 6 weeks in mid summer this plant is a favorite of bees butterflies and hummingbirds. Planting flowers of the same color family in your container will help butterflies find your flowers more easily.