Silky Deep Red Milkweed. It is frost sensitive but does flower quickly from seed making it a great summer annual. It is native to the american tropics and has a pantropical distribution as an introduced species other common names include bloodflower or blood flower cotton bush hierba de la cucaracha mexican butterfly weed redhead scarlet milkweed and wild ipecacuanha.
Showy season long blooms provide lasting color and a non stop resource for monarchs. All withstand heat and drought. It is frost sensitive but does flower quickly from seed making it a great summer annual.
Asclepias curassavica commonly known as tropical milkweed is a flowering plant species of the milkweed genus asclepias.
Silky deep red also known as tropical milkweed has captured the heart of butterfly gardeners. Silky deep red milkweed features unusual dark red flat top recurved flowers with yellow eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to late fall. Asclepias curassavica silky deep red red butterflyweed this is a darker red flowered form of the typically orange and yellow butterfly weed also known as tropical milkweed a tender semi evergreen perennial prized for attracting butterflies particularly the monarch butterfly into the garden. Milkweed is hardy in u s.