Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) Seed Packet

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Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) Seed PacketMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a

It can be found intermingling with Dalea purpurea

is specifically drilled into that sweet spot just between wetland and upland that typically receives a more consistent hydrology lacking stormwater bounces

Photo 2: By Photo by David J

and rocky woodlands

Provided as Pure Live Seed (PLS)

This delicate perennial produces small white flowers in late summer and fall

7 seeds/square foot)

it can really bring in interesting wildlife

Flower Color White to Pink

and watch out for the deer

Seeding Rate: 146 lb/acre (540

The minty taste seems to not be liked by most mammals including deer

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