Swamp Milkweed

Host plant for the Monarch butterfly, Swamp Milkweed has fuchsia, flat-top flowers with rose overtones from midsummer to early fall and is a showier variety of Common Milkweed. Extremely elegant, it is also an important native plant that many pollinators rely on, especially the struggling Monarch population. A wonderful addition to sunny border gardens, water features, or butterfly gardens.

Common Name: Swamp Milkweed
Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata
Light Requirements: Full Sun to Part Shade
Mature Height: 3-4’
Mature Width: 32”
Bloom Time: Midsummer to Early Fall
Soil Preference: Average to Wet
Advantages: Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Native, Fragrant
Zone: 3-9
Hardiness Map: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/