ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA
Common Name(s): Butterfly Weed, Milk Weed, Swallow-wort, Bloodflower
Origin: South America, Parts of USA
Size: 4' - 6' h x 4' - 5' w
Type: Perennial (Re-seeds)
Light: Full Sun to Partial Shade
This perennial is a must for butterfly gardens. Caterpillars use this plant as a source of food usually in Fall. Once fed they will travel to other plants in your garden to cocoon and return to the flowers as butterflies. Bright orange-yellow bells appear in mid Spring and continue until late Fall. Flowers will create a cotton seed pod that can blow seed into other areas in the garden. Avoid re-seeding by removing seed pods before they open. Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds. Drought tolerant once established. Prune hard in late Fall.
