Swamp Milkweed Ontario. Despite its love of wet soils due to its long taproot it can tolerate average well drained soils with ease. It tolerates drier sunnier conditions and has bright.
The flowers are a great source of nectar for butterflies hummingbirds bees and other beneficial insects. It grows in damp to wet soils and also is cultivated as a garden plant for its flowers which attract butterflies and other pollinators with nectar like most other milkweeds it has latex containing toxic chemicals a. As its name implies it prefers moister conditions and tends to grow along shorelines.
It tends to be leggy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground and should be underplanted with lower growing perennials.
Recommendations for ontario gardeners aiming to help monarchs. The flowers are a great source of nectar for butterflies hummingbirds bees and other beneficial insects. Appearance 90 to 150 cm 3 to 5 feet swamp milkweed s flat cluster of flowers are a deep pink and often two toned from the petals to the hoods. Recommendations for ontario gardeners aiming to help monarchs.