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Features
Characteristics
A tough, drought-tolerant native with intense orange flowers in mid to late summer. Attracts many varieties of butterflies and is especially attractive to Monarchs. A beautiful solution for a dry sunny slope! Occurs in dry fields and roadsides in most of the US.
Butterfly weed is a colorful, long-lived, drought-tolerant perennial. Large clusters of bright orange to yellow-orange flowers top clumps of erect, hairy 1-2’ tall stems with lance-shaped leaves. The seed pods, with their long silky hairs, can be used in dried flower arrangements. Butterfly weed prefers well-drained neutral to alkaline soils and full sun. It is one of many Asclepias species, all of which are required food for monarch butterfly larvae. It is also a great nectar plant for other butterflies and insects. Butterfly weed works well in a meadow or a perennial garden setting with Andropogon virginicus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Echinacea purpurea, Coreopsis verticillata, and Solidago odora. - Mt. Cuba Center
- Songbird Friendly
- Salt Tolerant
- Drought Tolerant
- Attracts: Bees, Butterflies
- Resists: Deer
- Native to North America
CHARACTERISTICS
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Height Category: Medium
- Garden Height: 18 - 24 Inches
- Spacing: 12 - 18 Inches
- Spread: 24 Inches
- Flower Colors: Orange
- Flower Shade: Intense Orange
- Foliage Colors: Green
- Foliage Shade: Dark green
- Habit: Upright
- Container Role: Thriller
PLANT NEEDS
- Light Requirement: Sun
- Maintenance Category: Easy
- Bloom Time: Late Summer
- Hardiness Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Water Category: Dry, Average
- Soil Fertility Requirement: Average Soil, Fertile Soil, Poor Soil
- Soil PH Category: Acidic Soil, Alkaline Soil, Neutral Soil
- Uses: Border Plant, Cut Flower, Mass Planting
- Maintenance Notes: Best located in a sunny dry spot, but will tolerate average to moist garden soil as well.
Photos courtesy of North Creek Nurseries
Characteristics
A tough, drought-tolerant native with intense orange flowers in mid to late summer. Attracts many varieties of butterflies and is especially attractive to Monarchs. A beautiful solution for a dry sunny slope! Occurs in dry fields and roadsides in most of the US.
Butterfly weed is a colorful, long-lived, drought-tolerant perennial. Large clusters of bright orange to yellow-orange flowers top clumps of erect, hairy 1-2’ tall stems with lance-shaped leaves. The seed pods, with their long silky hairs, can be used in dried flower arrangements. Butterfly weed prefers well-drained neutral to alkaline soils and full sun. It is one of many Asclepias species, all of which are required food for monarch butterfly larvae. It is also a great nectar plant for other butterflies and insects. Butterfly weed works well in a meadow or a perennial garden setting with Andropogon virginicus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Echinacea purpurea, Coreopsis verticillata, and Solidago odora. - Mt. Cuba Center
- Songbird Friendly
- Salt Tolerant
- Drought Tolerant
- Attracts: Bees, Butterflies
- Resists: Deer
- Native to North America
CHARACTERISTICS
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Height Category: Medium
- Garden Height: 18 - 24 Inches
- Spacing: 12 - 18 Inches
- Spread: 24 Inches
- Flower Colors: Orange
- Flower Shade: Intense Orange
- Foliage Colors: Green
- Foliage Shade: Dark green
- Habit: Upright
- Container Role: Thriller
PLANT NEEDS
- Light Requirement: Sun
- Maintenance Category: Easy
- Bloom Time: Late Summer
- Hardiness Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Water Category: Dry, Average
- Soil Fertility Requirement: Average Soil, Fertile Soil, Poor Soil
- Soil PH Category: Acidic Soil, Alkaline Soil, Neutral Soil
- Uses: Border Plant, Cut Flower, Mass Planting
- Maintenance Notes: Best located in a sunny dry spot, but will tolerate average to moist garden soil as well.
Photos courtesy of North Creek Nurseries
