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Asclepias speciosa - Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa - Showy Milkweed
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Sizes available: HPP quart
Basics: zones 3-9, 12-36" x 12-24", full sun, fragrant, pale purple-mauve flower heads, summer blooming and similar to A. syriaca but the entire plant has a more refined look and spreads less aggressively, medium to dry soils
Common names: Showy Milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae
Origin/Distribution: native to the central and western North America
Habitat: open grassland
More: More information coming soon.
Source: seedlings from Marpa Farm, germinated in 2025, grown on at Honey Petal Plants
Image credits: All images from Wikimedia Commons. #1: Danaus plexippus, Monarch Butterfly. #2: Hyles lineata, White-lined Sphinx Moth (present but not common in Maine). #3: Botanical drawing from the USDA National Resources Conservation Service, 1913. #4: Drawing by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920.
