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© Ernie Marx
showy milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.0 ft. to 4.0 ft.
Spread: 1.0 ft. to 4.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Spreads Underground
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Limited Availability
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
3, 4 - Soil Type
- Alkaline/High pH, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates, the most popular being the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). Generally, Monarch butterflies will lay eggs on any Asclepias species and preferences change depending on season, habitat, and health of the milkweed. Provide a wide selection of milkweed species in your garden for these butterflies.