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Perennial

Asclepias incarnata (red milkweed)

Asclepias incarnata (red milkweed)

$6.00
$6.00
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Also known as rose or swamp milkweed, this moisture-loving plant is the best milkweed for clay soil. It’s an excellent pollinator plant and frequently included in rain gardens. Like all milkweeds, it is a host plant for monarch butterflies. It also hosts queen butterflies, dogbane tiger moths, and the milkweed tussock moth. The flowers have a vanilla-like scent.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun and Partial
  • Water: Medium and Wet
  • Height: 3 to 5 feet
  • Bloom time: June, July, and August

Feeds bees, Feeds butterflies or moths, Feeds hummingbirds, Deer-resistant, and Host plant

Plants are sold as small pots (2.5" x 3.5")

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