This is one of the most beautiful milkweeds. Not the common dusty-dull rose-flowered farm weed, but a really beautiful red-flowered form with much more refined foliage and habits. And like the orange-flowered Butterfly Weed, this one is a monarch magnet, great for butterfly gardens. The milkweed family of North American plants is named Asclepias after Asclepios, the famous Greek God of Medicine, since the plants have long been used in herbal medicine.
This asclepias, with its glowing red flowerheads, is best placed in a wet spot, or at least one that is wet part of the year, since that is its native habitat.
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Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata
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Common Name: Butterfly / Swamp Milkweed
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Color: Vanilla scented, rose - pink flowers
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Spread/Width: 12-36" wide
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Bloom Time: Mid to late summer
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Soil Preferences: Easily grown in most soil types. Prefer a medium to moist soil.
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Advantages: Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
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Indigenous To: No. American Native Plant or near hybrid
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