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Butterfy Weed

PLANT INFO:

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

  • Flat-topped clusters of bright orange flowers can bloom from spring to fall.

  • Dark green pointed leaves.

  • Attracts butterflies (monarch), aphids, hummingbirds and bees.

  • Larval host to monarch and queens butterflies. 

  • Grows in well-drained sandy soils.

  • Eastern US Native.

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