Butterfly Orange Milkweed – Seed Packet
Butterfly Orange Milkweed General Information Butterfly Orange Milkweed is a beautiful heirloom perennial plant. The plants will have attractive dark green foliage, keeping an attractive appearance through the growing seasons. The flowers grow in abundant clusters in the summertime. They are a beautiful deep orange in color. These flowers will bring in a variety of [...]
Milkweeds for North American Gardens
Milkweeds are fast becoming one of the most talked about if not grown plants in American gardens. Everyone is joining the effort in adding milkweed in their gardens to help our monarch butterflies. And the monarchs seem to be making a rebound. The 2024 season for the monarch was one of the lowest in 30 […]
Soulmate Swamp Milkweed – #1 Container
Soulmate Swamp Milkweed General Information Soulmate Swamp Milkweed is a perennial plant. This plant will be a nice choice for a variety of different landscaping spaces. The foliage will be narrow in shape, with a nice deep green color. Soulmate Swamp Milkweed will have abundant clusters of fragrant flowers in the summertime. They are a [...]
Butterfly Milkweed – #2 Container
Butterfly Milkweed- Native General Information Butterfly Milkweed is a delightful native perennial plant. It has a good deal of practical and aesthetic qualities. This is the host plant for monarch butterflies and their caterpillars. This plant is native to a large portion of the United States, and is vital for the monarchs. The leaves are [...]
Showy Milkweed – Native – #1 Container
Showy Milkweed – Native General Information An absolutely outstanding example of the asclepias family of milkweeds, the Showy Milkweed comes by its name honestly, putting on an amazing show when it blooms with beautiful pink globes of star-shaped flowers in the spring! You will be delighted with the show and the Monarch butterfly will love [...]
Swamp or Marsh Milkweed – #1 Container
Swamp/Marsh Milkweed- Native General Information Swamp Milkweed is a perennial plant. This native plant is found over a broad range of the lower 48 states. This is a taller ornamental plant, and is an important food source for a variety of pollinators. The leaves are narrow and longer in appearance and deep green in color. [...]
Milkweed – July Plant of the Month
Milkweed is our July Plant of the Month. When you think butterfly conservation, butterfly gardening, or butterflies, you also think mostly about milkweeds. But why is that? The Monarch butterfly, often considered the most majestic of North American butterflies, can only raise its young on milkweeds, and a couple tropical milkweed cousins. Because of the […]
Ice Ballet Milkweed – #1 Container
Ice Ballet Milkweed General Information Ice Ballet Milkweed is a perennial plant. It is a cultivar of the native Swamp Milkweed, sharing many of its characteristics. This plant is a great choice for naturalized areas, perennial beds and a variety of other areas. Ice Ballet Milkweed has long, narrow foliage, with a deep green color. [...]
Cinderella Milkweed – #1 Container
Cinderella Milkweed General Information Cinderella Milkweed is a perennial plant. It is a cultivar of the native Swamp Milkweed, sharing many of its characteristics. This plant is a great choice for naturalized areas, perennial beds and a variety of other areas. Cinderella Milkweed has long, narrow foliage, with a deep green color. It will give [...]
