Milkweed Plant Near Me. 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. Where can i get milkweed seeds or plants that are most appropriate for my area.
Milkweeds native to florida most people are used to seeing the bright orange flowers of the non native scarlet milkweed asclepias curassavica and don t realize that florida is home to twenty one native milkweeds. Our native species are all around us in our natural areas but due to their diminutive size most go unnoticed. It tolerates drought and is deer and rabbit resistant.
Planting milkweed asclepias is essential to creating a habitat for the beloved monarch butterfly s survival as they are the only plants on which monarch caterpillars will feed.
The leaves are oblong oval pointed and up to 22 cm long and 10 cm wide. The lack of butterflies at the beach can be explained easy because milkweed the favorite food of monarch butterflies was seldom planted near the beach. Email i agree to receiving marketing and promotional materials subscribe to newsletter. Swamp milkweed asclepias incarnata common milkweed asclepias syriaca whorled milkweed asclepias verticillata.