Milkweed Plant Yellow. A mix of purple coneflower which as nice seed heads for winter interest and butterfly weed a milkweed with yellow to orange flowers perhaps with a false indigo plant would make a nice garden of native plants for the area next to the garage. In the fall these proficient self sowers split open to release hundreds of seeds.
The indigo plant you would probably have to buy but the other two will grow from seed. Sitting atop upright flowering stems clad with stiff lance shaped leaves the colorful umbels are followed by attractive seed pods in the fall. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
I was wondering if this is just natural leaf senescence or if it s press j to jump to the feed.
Asclepias tuberosa the butterfly weed is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern north america. But some growers especially beginners do not take into account the individual nuances of growing and care and then wonder why the milkweed s leaves suddenly turn yellow and. The bottom leaves on my milkweed plant have been turning yellow and falling off. However it is not uncommon to notice large populations of small yellow insects covering the leaves and stems of the milkweed plants.