milkweed - butterfly

Growing butterfly weed will result in a butterfly bonanza!The clusters of flowers are soaked with nectar, which attracts the monarch butterfly.The monarch butterflies also lay their eggs upon the butterfly weed.Butterfly weed is also beneficial to other pollinators such as bees & hummingbirds.Native to Eastern Canada & USA. Packet contains 20 seeds.

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa

Growing Requirements
Sun
• Full sun

Height
• 18-24"| 45-60 cm

Spread
• 24" | 60 cm

Life Cycle
• Perennial

Sowing Method
• Indoor or outdoor

Difficulty
• Easy

Uses
• Butterfly garden, monarch butterfly garden, attracts butterflies & hummingbirds, deer resistant

Growing Zones
• 3-9

Perennial
Zones: 3-10
Blooms: late spring - late summer
Height: 30 inches
Width: 15 inches
Soil: any, except damp
Uses: Butterfly garden, attracts butterflies, fragrance