Asclepias gay butterfly mix

Asclepias is a perennial pollinator magnet for your summer garden. Pollinators are a vital part of life on planet Earth since they pollinate most flowering plants for them to reproduce. Pollinators do this by transferring pollen from bloom to bloom. Pollinators have been in decline in recent years due to habitat loss and disease.

Butterflyweed is a long-lived herbaceous perennial in the milkweed family Apocynaceae, formerly Asclepidaceae native to much of North America except the northwest, from eastern Canada south to Florida, west to the Dakotas down to Colorado and the southwest, except Nevada, into California, but is most widespread in the eastern half of the U. With other common names including butterfly milkweed, orange milkweed, pleurisy root and chigger flower, Asclepias tuberosa is found in prairies and meadows, open woods, along roads and other open areas. Butterflyweed is hardy in zones It has tough, woody, knobby roots that can grow several feet deep and were used medicinally by Native Americans.

Commonly called Butterfly Weed, this perennial puts out showstopping orange clusters of flowers in midsummer. As you might guess from the name, butterflies including Swallowtails love the sweet nectar this plant produces, so swarms of butterfly wings will appear wherever you have this beauty planted. Long slender seed pods burst in the fall sending a seed attached to a fluffy floating through your garden to reseed like a weed. It also prefers slightly drier conditions but thrives in full sun, just like the rest of its family.

Takes root easily and thrives in full sun, after one year my plants doubled in size and this year I planted these a couple of years ago. The first season I was unimpressed. The second season they