Description
Showy Milkweed, Greek Milkweed
Showy Milkweed Asclepias is a perennial herbaceous native wildflower. It’s perfect for home landscaping, butterfly garden or prairie meadow, and it attracts for monarchs, hummingbirds and honeybees as well. Asclepias Speciosa grows upright up to 40 inches tall featuring sturdy stems with velvety, oblong, grayish leaves and blooming with round, 3 inches across clusters of fragrant, pinkish-white to pinkish-purple, star-like flowers all summer long. People have also used milkweed for fiber, food, and medicine. It is a very versatile plant that is easily grown from flower seeds ( the cold treatment will help to break the dormancy of the seed ).
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