Purple milkweed is similar to common milkweed in flower color and leaf shape, but is more compact and colorful and doesn't spread as much.
In addition to being a host plant for the monarch butterfly, many other butterflies and bees will visit. It's bitter taste makes it fairly deer and rabbit resistant.
Uses: pollinators, host plant, hummingbirds, edible when cooked
Bloom time: May - June
Height: 2 to 4 feet
Space: 1.5 to 2 feet
Sun: Sun to medium shade
Moisture: Dry to average
Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed)
POTTED PLANT
$7.95
- SKU:
- ASPUR-QU
- MAXIMUM HEIGHT:
- 4 feet
- FLOWER COLOR:
- Purple
- BLOOM PERIOD:
- 1 Spring
- SUNLIGHT PREFERENCE:
- Full sun to medium shade
- MOISTURE:
- Dry, average
- FORMAL LANDSCAPING:
- 2-Star