2. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): This will take wet soil, as its name suggests, though it doesn’t need it to flourish. Plants bloom later than butterfly milkweed, and the flowers are a ...

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Some of the types of native milkweed plants that have the widest ranges include butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa), common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens ...

The purple flowers with their distinctive scent along with a purple mid-vein on the leaves, plus other traits, told us these were purple milkweed, Asclepias purpurascens.

Question: Recently I read an article about planting milkweed for butterflies. I would like to add this to my garden for the spring. I don’t know which type and what ...

Purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens): This deserves more use but is hard to find because of poor seed germination rates. It forms handsome, spreading clumps five feet tall, but by late season ...

Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) Common milkweed is a deciduous, native, herbaceous perennial wildflower. It grows in average, well-drained soils in full sun but can tolerate poor or dry soils.

In Lancaster County, Martin prefers common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), butterfly weed or orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), purple milkweed (Asclepias ...

Are you ready to participate in National Pollinator Week, June 20-26, in which people will gather to help reverse the declining populations of bees and other beneficial pollinators? Here's ...

Perhaps you’ve read about and noticed the declining numbers of monarch butterflies? If you’d like to help, and you want to attract more monarchs to your garden, consider adding milkweed ...