Silky Gold Milkweed. Large clusters of golden yellow flowers are displayed against yellow green foliage. Whereas some forms of the species such as orange bloodflower have bicolor red orange and gold blossoms this one is a long blooming bright yellow.
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The silky gold milkweed also has a botanical name. Silky gold milkweed is an all around crowd pleaser that attracts hummingbirds and butterflies including monarchs. 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.
Due to all the negative posts i have read about tropical mw i am relegating it to the far side of the garden.
16 more photos view gallery. 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. Is it considered a cultivar of the tropical milkweed. In addition to the name bloodflower this species is also known as tropical milkweed mexican butterfly weed and bright wings.
