Mexican Butterfly Weed Plant. To feed butterfly adults curvassiaca works as well as incarnata. Larval host plant for monarch butterfly.
Tropical milkweed blood flower mexican milkweed scarlet milkweed botanical name. In this situation the plant will die when exposed to frost and is essentially treated as an annual. Bees birds specifically hummingbirds butterflies.
To feed butterfly adults curvassiaca works as well as incarnata.
Mexican butterfly weed is a winter hardy perennial in zones 9 11. Deer resistant rock garden ornamental value. How to winter mexican butterfly weed. Tropical milkweed asclepias curassavica on the other hand is easy to grow from seed or propagate from cuttings tropical milkweed is also known as scarlet milkweed mexican butterfly weed bloodflower redhead.