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Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
Item #: 3139
Category: Wildflowers
Habit: Perennial
Bloom: May-Sept
Height: 10-20
Planting Rates:
Rangeland 8 lbs / acre
Lawn & Garden: Packet covers 20 sf D-pak covers 300 sf Lb covers 3,000 sf
Price: 1 pkt. - $3.29 1 dpak. - $39.00 1 lb. - $365.00
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
The Monarchs are counting on each of us to do our part in protecting their mystery and beauty. Only by working together can we ensure that milkweeds and butterflies will always have a place in this world.
“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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Evidence that a caterpillar was using this milkweed for habitat
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