FREE: COMMON MILKWEED - 100+ SEEDS

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Common milkweed plants are tall (3 feet), thin, summer-bloomers. The flower cluster forms a globe atop the plant's rigid stem. The flowers come in various shades of pink, and they are fragrant flowers. Leaves are broad-oblong and light green. Seed pods that resemble small cucumbers succeed the flowers. The pods in turn burst open in late summer to early fall, exposing their seeds. The seeds are attached to white silky hairs, meaning the slightest wind will distribute them.

Planting Zones for Milkweed Plants:

Milkweed plants grow as wildflowers in fields and along roadsides in Eastern North America. The common type typically grows in zones 3-9.

Sun and Soil Requirements:

Common milkweed plants grow best in full sun and in a well-drained soil. Like many types of wildflowers, Asclepias syriaca is a drought-resistant plant.

Uses for Milkweed Plants in the Landscape:

Famed as a plant that attracts butterflies, this wildflower is a must-have for the butterfly garden. It is the host for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Monarch butterflies deposit their eggs on milkweed plants; once the caterpillars emerge, they eat the leaves.

Others grow it specifically for wildflower gardens. Yet another use for it involves the seed pods: they can be dried and used in crafts.