asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) native
$5.95
- pinkish-purple flowers
- attractive seed pods remain when flowers finish
- naturally found in open fields and along roadsides
- food source for monarch butterflies
- bloom time: june to august
- zone 4
- height 80-100cm
- spread 30-40cm
- colour pink
- grows best in full sun, in average to moist soil, tolerating a wide range of conditions
- can spread rather quickly by seed
- also spreads by rhizomes
- full sun partial sun/shade
- attracts butterflies
- drought tolerant, once established
- native to ontario