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Common Milkweed

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Asclepias syriaca

Common Milkweed is one of the fastest spreading and easy to grow of the milkweed family. Reaching about 4’ tall with large broad leaves the dusty purple/pink flowers form a large globe like cluster and smell wonderful.

Choose your planting sight carefully with Common Milkweed as is does spread by runners making it difficult to control and keep ‘tidy’.

As with the other milkweed species, Common Milkweed is a host plant for the Monarch Butterfly and is often the most popular choice for a female to lay her eggs on. Monarch caterpillars feed on the leaves and the flowers offer a popular nectar source for butterflies.

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Asclepias syriaca

Common Milkweed is one of the fastest spreading and easy to grow of the milkweed family. Reaching about 4’ tall with large broad leaves the dusty purple/pink flowers form a large globe like cluster and smell wonderful.

Choose your planting sight carefully with Common Milkweed as is does spread by runners making it difficult to control and keep ‘tidy’.

As with the other milkweed species, Common Milkweed is a host plant for the Monarch Butterfly and is often the most popular choice for a female to lay her eggs on. Monarch caterpillars feed on the leaves and the flowers offer a popular nectar source for butterflies.

Larval Host(s): Monarch Butterfly, Milkweed Tussock Moth, Red Milkweed Beetle

Companion Plants: Echinacea, Black Eyed Susan, Scarlet Bee Balm, Hoary Vervain, Yarrow

  • Full sun - Part sun

  • Average/wet - Dry

  • 3 feet

  • Pink/Purple

  • June, July, August

Deer Resistant | Pollinator Favourite | Bird Favourite | Home Landscaping Favourite