Go Back Butterfly Flower Milkmaid

Posted: May 7, 2019 at 3:59 PM
Asclepias incarnata 'Milkmaid'
    Butterfly IconDeer Resistant IconRock Garden IconHummingbird Icon

    Plant Type: Perennials

    Creamy white flowers on 40 inch tall plants. Gorgeous selection of this Eastern North American native. Fragrant flowers are clawed and loved by butterflies. Blooms in midsummer. Nice full plants in a moist sunny location but will tolerate average to dry soils too and some shade. This attractive milkweed also makes an excellent, long lived cut flower. Flowers and seed pods are used in flower arrangements also.  And of course the butterflies are mad about it!   Easy to germinate.

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    Flower Color

    White

    Foliage Color

    Green

    Plant Spread

    4 ft.

    Good Companions

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    Plant Height

    3.5-4 ft.

    Scape Height

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    Hardness Zone

    3-7

    Soil Moisture

    Moist

    Characteristics & Attributes

    Attributes

    Fragrant, Cut flower, Bog garden, Pond side

    Bloom Time

    Mid-summer

    Critter Resistance

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    Exposure

    Full sun to part shade

    Growth Rate

    fast, after breaking dormancy late

    Seasonal Interests

    Summer/Fall