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Mystic Meadows Gardens

Common Milkweed -Asclepias syriaca

Common Milkweed -Asclepias syriaca

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Native Perennial Blooms are pink to purple with a pleasant light scent   Bloom time: June - August (Native to all New England States)  Very fast growing.

3-5ft H,  Spreads through rhizomes that form clones.  

  • Rhizomes
    underground stems of plants that allow the plant to spread and form large colonies.
  • Taproot system
    New milkweed plants that grow from seeds develop a deep taproot system

It is extremely hardy and will grow in almost all soil types  that are moist and well drained.  Rhizomes can be cut and transplanted early in the spring.  Fruit split open Sept-Oct exposing seeds

Benefits: Special value to Native Bees, Honey Bees and Bumble Bees

Attracts: Butterflies and is Larval Host plant for the Monarch Butterfly

Companion Plants: Meadow Blazing Star, Showy Golden Rod(all 3 are Monarch favorites)

Learn more about milkweed:  https://www.masshort.org/blog/milkweed

 

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