Lantana Milkweed. Lantana camara is the all too common species you are likely to encounter. So does lantana attract butterflies.
Lantana or shrub verbena grow as an evergreen or deciduous shrub. Lantana is a hardy perennial in zones 9 11 but northern gardeners often grow it as an. Common milkweed plants grow to about 2 to 4 feet in height with a thin vertical growth habit.
But there are cautions to be aware of when buying it.
Known for its. Lantana salvias many types zinnias buddleia tropical butterflyweed verbena rudbeckia gomphrena and mexican. Common milkweed asclepias syriaca is a native herbaceous perennial whose main virtue is its appeal to butterflies especially the monarch which deposits its eggs on the milkweed when the caterpillars hatch they feed on the leaves of milkweed. The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0 5 2 m 1.