COMMON MILKWEED
Common Milkweed beats all with it’s beautiful white and pink flowers. It’s enticing fragrance will cause you to stop and smell the flowers every time!
- Common Name: Milkweed, common milkweed
- Botanical Name: Asclepias syriaca
- Family: Apocynaceae/Asclepiadaceae
- Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
- Mature Size: 2 to 4 ft. tall
- Sun Exposure: Full sun
- Soil Type: Any well-drained soil; tolerates clay soil and poor, dry conditions
- Soil pH: 4.8 to 7.2
- Bloom Time: June to August
- Flower Color: Pink, mauve, white
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9 (USDA)
- Native Area: Eastern United States
Common Milkweed is found growing wild in ditches and on the side of the road
Host plant to:
Monarch
Queen
Milkweed Tussock Moth
