Butterfly Weed

Plant - 2.5" pot

$12.54

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Quick Overview

This is the very famous orange wildflower that's also a garden favorite of butterflies and people. (Asclepias tuberosa)

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Plant - 2.5" pot

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Details

SKU	20PER
Botanical Name	Asclepias tuberosa
Common Name	Butterfly Weed or Swamp Milkweed
Primary Flower Color	Orange
Foliage Color	Green
Estimated Mature Height	24-28" tall
Ships As	Potted Plant
Planting Season	Spring, Summer
Planting Depth	Crown of plant should rest just at or above the soil surface after watering in.
Bloom Time	Early to late summer
Estimated Mature Spread	12-18" wide
Light Requirements	Full Sun
Soil Moisture	Dry, Average, Well Draining
Will Tolerate	Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil
Zones	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Suggested Uses	Deer Resistant, Hummingbirds & Butterflies, Fragrant, Borders

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Description

This is the most famous member of our native milkweed family, and a well-known magnet for butterflies. Its one of the wildflowers that is so beautiful, its been taken into perennial gardens just as it is in nature--no hybridization necessary!

Butterfly weed has very little in common with its relative, the common milkweed--the familiar, tall, dusty-rose-flowered weed so often found along roadsides and in farm fields. This one is a really beautiful orange-flowered form with much more refined foliage and habits.

The milkweed family of North American plants is named Asclepias after Asclepias, the famous Greek God of Medicine, since the plants have long been used in herbal medicine.

This Asclepias, with its glowing orange flowerheads, is best placed in a dry, sunny spot, and appreciates fast-draining gritty soil. This plant is native over most all of the eastern part of North America, from Canada all the way to South Florida.

We also sell Asclepsia seed, but plugging in these plants will save you a year or two, since they are somewhat slow to become established. But once happy, they're as hardy as oaks.

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American Meadows Butterfly Weed

3.0

(based on 5 reviews)

60%

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10/21/2011

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

did not survive

By perenial gardener

from carmel, indiana

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Did not grow

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Comments about American Meadows Butterfly Weed:

the plant did not grow, i am not happy

9/26/2011

4.0

GREAT POTENTIAL!

By Anne

from Raleigh, NC

About Me Avid Gardener

Pros

Long Bloom Time
Low Maintenance
Pest Resistant
Vivid Colors

Cons

Slow Growth

Best Uses

Large Areas
Raised Beds

Comments about American Meadows Butterfly Weed:

I planted my butterfly weed in early spring and it has done very well, although it has stayed rather small, nothing like the picture. I can't wait to see it next year! The flowers were a beautiful bright orange. Oddly enough, I never noticed any butterflies on it, but that may be because it didn't have much of a presence yet.

9/2/2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Butterfly Weed

By Dan

from Bridgeport, CT

About Me Casual Hobbyist

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Comments about American Meadows Butterfly Weed:

This plant never developed after planting in our wildflower garden. Would not purchase again.

4/24/2010

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Nice flowers for butterflys

By Ann

from St Clairsville, OH

About Me Avid Gardener

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Healthy

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Garden

Comments about American Meadows Butterfly Weed:

I have added this plant to my existing perennial garden. It gives seed pods that you can save to plant the next year or just let them go where they will.

4/23/2010

(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

A Gardener's favorite weed

By gulf gardener

from hitchcock texas

About Me Avid Gardener

Pros

Accurate Instructions
Hardy
Healthy

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Garden
Lawn
Outdoors
Patio
Pool Area

Comments about American Meadows Butterfly Weed:

I can't keep enough of these around for the monarch butterfly caterpillars; they can strip one in a few hours. But it always comes back, putting out leaves and bright orange flowers in a matter of days. Needs no special care, reseeds politely, is xeric even in my zone 9 and keeps my butterfly population ever growing.

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