Rose milkweed

Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) is another one of the best milkweeds for butterfly gardens because it feeds both monarch caterpillars and butterflies.

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Attract Monarch butterflies and other beneficial pollinators to your garden. Rose Milkweed, also known as Swamp Milkweed, is a perennial herb that grows 24-40” tall. #seeds #milkweed #butterflies #monarchs #flowers

Fresh Rare Seeds at Asclepias incarnata | Rose Red Swamp Milkweed | Silkweed | 100_Seeds - This is Asclepias incarnata, also known as Swamp Milkweed, Rose Milkweed, Red Milkweed, Swamp Silkweed, and White Indian Hemp. Growing to a height of about 6 feet maximum, these perennial plants are a favorite or the bees, birds and butterflies. This plant has pink and purple blooms that is active

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When most people think of planting milkweed for monarch butterflies, they imagine common milkweed (A. syriaca) with its big, rounded leaves.

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Flowers are usually chosen for gardens based on color, ease of care, or another physical feature. Milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) are somewhat special in this regard as they’re the only plant that monarch caterpillars – which grow into the threatened monarch butterfly – can eat. If there’s no milkweed, there won’t be any monarchs. A lot of milkweed planted now goes into butterfly and pollinator gardens.

Blooming in the park this week is Showy Milkweed. The Showy Milkweed is a specific monarch butterfly food and habitat plant. Native Americans used fiber in the stems for rope, basketry, and nets. Some Native Americans believed the milky sap had medicinal qualities, however, most species of milkweed are toxic. The young leaves and seed pods can be boiled and eaten.