Orange Butterfly Milkweed. Asclepias tuberosa the butterfly weed is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern north america. Soak seeds 24 48 hrs.
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Home milkweed seeds 100 orange butterfly weed seeds asclepias tuberosa. Butterfly weed plants asclepias tuberosa are trouble free north american natives that produce umbels of bright orange yellow or red blooms all summer long butterfly weed is appropriately named as the nectar and pollen rich flowers attract hummingbirds and hordes of butterflies bees and other beneficial insects throughout the blooming season. This species is also unusual for a milkweed because its leaves are alternate and its foliage lacks a milky latex.
Needs sunlight drought tolerant dry or moist soil.
It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar it is also a larval food plant of the queen and monarch butterflies as well as the dogbane tiger moth milkweed tussock moth and. Also known as asclepias tuberosa orange milkweed pleurisy root and yellow milkweed the plant can grow to be anywhere from one to two feet tall and is characterized by glossy green leaves and clusters of bright orange to yellow blooms that are rich with nectar and. Asclepias tuberosa the butterfly weed is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern north america. 1 2 ft 30 60 cm swamp milkweed asclepias incarnata.
