Description
Range: Keweenaw native
Scientific name: Asclepias incarnata
Light: Full Sun, Partial Sun
Soil: Rich loam, sandy loam
Moisture: Wet, Medium Wet, Medium
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees, Birds, Pollinators
Height: 4′
Blooms: Jun, Jul, Aug
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Color: Rosy pink
Spacing: 18″ to 36″
Root: Taproot and rhizomes
Best milkweed for wetter conditions and beloved by pollinators, as well as a host for Monarch and Swallowtail butterflies. Unlike Common Milkweed, Red Milkweed is well behaved and will stay put, though it’s such a neat plant you may wish it would ramble more.
Once well established, leave it be. It’s taproot resists relocation.
