Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) Native

Blooms are pink to purple with a pleasant light scent   Bloom time: June - August 

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