A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
A locally native milkweed gives monarch caterpillars food and visiting butterflies a summer nectar stop.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Best in consistently moist soil; a good candidate for a sunny rain garden.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Moist to wet / Average moisture
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft tall · 2–3 ft wide
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 3–9
- Garden role
- Summer flowers
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of tropical milkweed.
Asclepias curassavica
Try swamp milkweed for summer flowers.
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Photo credits & licenses
Swamp milkweed: Joshua Mayer · CC-BY-SA 2.0
Tropical milkweed: M Stevens and A Moffat · CC BY 2.0
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