Asclepias - Swamp Milkweed

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Common Name:  'Swamp Milkweed'
Botanical Name : Asclepias  incarnata 

This plant is an absolute must for attracting butterflies to the landscape and a must for the beauty it adds to the garden.  Upright growing with long, lance-like foliage, this Ascelpias provides tall backing to any garden while producing umbrels of small, mauve-pink fragrant flowers from late June through July.  Swamp Milkweed loves moist, sunny areas and is the signature plant for Monarch caterpillars and for nectar for Monarch adults as well as other showy landscape butterflies.  Even the silky fiber left post bloom is a valuable to nesting birds.  Plant it in groups and watch the landscape come alive with critter color.

Matures 3-4' tall x 1-2' wide.      Hardy to Zone 4.

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