Common Milkweed is the plant most people think of when they hear the word “milkweed.” Produces a profusion of lavender to pink flowers in midsummer. The sweet scented flowers attract and benefit a plethora of pollinators. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on plants in the Asclepias genus, exclusively – their caterpillars feast on the leaves.
Common Milkweed is the plant most people think of when they hear the word “milkweed.” Produces a profusion of lavender to pink flowers in midsummer. The sweet scented flowers attract and benefit a plethora of pollinators. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on plants in the Asclepias genus, exclusively – their caterpillars feast on the leaves.
Can spread rapidly by rhizomes or by the wind
