Silky Gold Butterfly Weed. This frost sensitive perennial grows from 24 36 tall. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about asclepias tropical milkweed bloodflower butterfly weed mexican milkweed scarlet milkweed asclepias curassavica silky gold su.
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This milkweed cultivar is bred for its distinct flower color. Golden butterfly weed is an all around crowd pleaser that attracts hummingbirds several kinds of butterflies including the monarch tolerates heat resists grazing by rabbits and deer and is incredibly easy to grow. This small and unobtrusive perennial fits snugly into containers and garden beds or borders where it provides reliable color and constant interest from.
It is the host plant for monarch and queen butterfly caterpillars.
Asclepias curassavica silky gold is a tender evergreen perennial up to 4 feet 1 2 m tall with narrow up to 6 inches 15 cm long yellow green lance shaped leaves. Asclepias curassavica silky gold golden butterflyweed this is an all yellow form of the typically orange and yellow butterfly weed also known as tropical milkweed a tender evergreen perennial is prized for attracting butterflies particularly the monarch butterfly into the garden. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about asclepias tropical milkweed bloodflower butterfly weed mexican milkweed scarlet milkweed asclepias curassavica silky gold su. Flowers and foliage of asclepias curassavica silky gold the silky gold butterfly weed or tropical milkweed.
