Asclepias incarnata ‘Milkmaid’

(Milkmaid, Milkweed - swamp)


$8.95


Hardiness Zones:

 3a  3b  4a  4b  5a  5b  6a  6b  7a  7b  8a  8b  9a  9b

Quick Overview:

Large, clusters of sweetly-scented creamy white blossoms borne on vigorous, erect, elegant stems in mid summer through early fall. Striking and strongly fragrant flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Grows at 48 inches tall by 24 inches wide in upright habit of growth. It thrives in rich, moist, well-drained soil with some shade to full sun exposure. It can be used as border, container and foundation.

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Description

This swamp milkweed cultivar is an erect, clump-forming plant which typically grows 3-4′ tall on branching stems and is basically a compact, white-flowered form of the pink/mauve-flowered Missouri native species. Small, mildly fragrant, white flowers (1/4" wide), each with five reflexed petals and an elevated central crown, appear in tight clusters (umbels) at the stem ends in summer. Narrow, lance-shaped leaves are 3-6" long. Stems exude a toxic milky sap when cut. Flowers are followed by attractive seed pods (to 4" long) which split open when ripe releasing silky-haired seeds easily carried by the wind. Flowers are very attractive to butterflies as a nectar source. In addition, this plant serves as a food source for the larval stage of Monarch butterflies.

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