Monarch Butterfly Weed Plant. However the monarch butterflies have used it in my yard when it has been the first one up or when all other milkweed has been depleted. It grows 2 4 tall and will spread the same distance wide.
We already have the gateway variety eutrochium maculatum and this fall we are adding sweet joe pye eutrochium purpureum to the mix. The majestic monarch is dependent on one plant to repopulate. It is a big magnet for other butterflies as a nectar source.
All milkweed plants are vital to the life cycle of monarch butterflies.
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. Other common names depending on region include milkweed common tiger wanderer and black veined brown. All milkweed plants are vital to the life cycle of monarch butterflies. You can grow it as a perennial in usda hardiness zones 3 9.