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Common Milkweed
Common Milkweed
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Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is a native perennial and the essential larval food plant for monarch butterflies. Adult monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed, and the flowers also feed many other insect species.
It spreads by underground stems as well as seed and can form a colony.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Mature size
- 3 to 5 ft tallSpreads by underground stems and by seed, and can form a colony
- Flowers
- Fragrant flower clusters that feed many insects
- Monarchs
- The essential food plant for monarch caterpillarsAdult monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed
- Site and soil
- Full sun in average soil that drains wellTolerates poor or dry ground once established. Give it room to spread
More about this plant
A native perennial
Common milkweed is Asclepias syriaca.
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada