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Apocynaceae
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Also known as Asclepias syriaca f. inermis, Asclepias syriaca f. polyphylla, Asclepias obtusifolia, Asclepias apocinum
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Common milkweed is an easy-care native perennial that thrives in full sun to part shade with average, well-drained soil and minimal watering once established. It is the essential host plant for monarch butterflies and attracts a wide range of pollinators with its fragrant pink flower clusters. Plant in a naturalized border or wildflower garden and allow it to spread naturally for maximum ecological benefit.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is moist; allow soil to dry out between waterings once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Altay, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District Of Columbia, France, Georgia, Germany, Gulf Of Guinea Is., Hungary, Illinois, Indiana
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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