Name:
Asclepias curassavica (Milkweed, butterfly)
Sun:
Full sun
Mature height:
4 feet
Bloom time:
Spring through fall
Dormancy time:
tender perennial - dies down to ground in winter
Comments:
Larval food for Monarch caterpillars. Sometimes called Bloodflower. I love to keep a watch for the Monarch caterpillars to arrive and after they've eaten their fill, see if I can find where they crawled off to form a chrysalis. They can eat the plants to nubs, but it comes back.