Common Name: Broad-leafed milkweed
Bloom Color: Greenish-White
Bloom Season: Summer
Description:
Native, not showy, but interesting greenish white cluster of blooms. Reseeds. Not bad here and there in a native outlying grass area. Important food source for monarch butterfly caterpillars.
Type: Perennial
Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun
Mature Height: 18"
Mature Width: 12"
Garden Notes:
Native butterfly weed with interesting greenish white cluster of blooms. Reseeds nicely. Nice here and there in a native outlying grassy areas. It is the easiest Asclepias for me to grow. Important food source for monarch and queen butterfly caterpillars
**Even though your milkweed might look dead in the fall/winter make sure to mark where you planted it because the roots are still alive and will come back the next year