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Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
Item #: 3139
Category: Wildflowers
Habit: Perennial
Bloom: May-Sept
Height: 10-20
Planting Rates:
10 lb per acre
4 oz. per 275 sq. ft.
SOIL TYPE |
SUNLIGHT |
Soil Moisture |
| Sand |
Loam |
Clay |
Caliche |
Full |
Partial |
Dappled |
Shade |
| X |
X |
X |
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X |
X |
X |
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dry, medium |
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Description
“One gray, cloudy day in June in the panhandle of Texas, I spotted it in a dry creek bed. My first thought was that I had seen a ‘burning bush.’ The fiery-orange, in damp atmosphere and gray light, was astounding and vivid beyond belief. Butterflies were frantically flitting from flower to flower.” ---Zoe Kirkpatrick in Wildflowers of the Western Plains. What more can we say?
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