Pink Milkweed Flowers. Milkweed often does not begin growing in northern gardens in time to be fully beneficial to butterflies. Milkweeds produce star shaped flowers that appear in clusters on tall woody stems.
They are born in compact terminal or axillary umbels individual flowers have reflexed corollas and an upright corona a characteristic typical of milkweed flowers. The deep pink flowers are clustered at the top of a tall branching stem and bloom june to october. Milkweed often does not begin growing in northern gardens in time to be fully beneficial to butterflies.
The deep pink flowers are clustered at the top of a tall branching stem and bloom june to october.
Popular with pollinators as a nectar plan. Leaves are long up to 6 inches elliptic to lanceolate and glabrous they are oppositely arranged. Milkweed often does not begin growing in northern gardens in time to be fully beneficial to butterflies. Swamp milkweed is an erect herbaceous perennial wildflower.