Photo credit: Ray Mathews, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Butterflyweed
The brilliant-orange flowers of this milkweed brighten sunny spaces from late June through August. Plants are tap-rooted, form clumps, and do not spread readily. Larval host to monarch butterflies. Of special value to native bees.
Dry soil, sun, 18–24” tall.
DR DT HB BF BE
Size: 10 Plugs
Butterflyweed
The brilliant-orange flowers of this milkweed brighten sunny spaces from late June through August. Plants are tap-rooted, form clumps, and do not spread readily. Larval host to monarch butterflies. Of special value to native bees.
Dry soil, sun, 18–24” tall.
DR DT HB BF BE
Size: 10 Plugs
Photo credit: Ray Mathews, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center