PlantsFlowers
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Dry-site monarch host and orange accent Fits Pollinator Gardens, Native Plant Gardens, Cottage Gardens and Container Gardens.
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- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry
- Mature size
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 18–30 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Aug
- How it spreads
- Clumping taproot
- What to buy
- Plug or division for reliable residential establishment; seed for larger restoration areas.
- When to plant
- Apr–May; late Aug–Sep, finishing about six weeks before the first frost.
In the design
Leave some stems and seedheads through winter; divide or thin only when needed.
