Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata): This variety has fine leaves and small, ... The conservancy is holding a milkweed plant sale Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Morvern Park, ...

2. Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): This will take wet soil, as its name suggests, though it doesn’t need it to flourish. Plants bloom later than butterfly milkweed, and the flowers are a ...

Milkweed is the host plant for butterfly enthusiasts who want to attract monarch butterflies. ... If your yard has moist or wet areas, consider these native milkweed species. Whorled milkweed, ...

Because it is shorter, Whorled Milkweed makes a nice border plant. In late summer and early fall, the milkweed flowers die and give way to bumpy football-shaped green seed pods. Each pod contains ...

The swamp milkweed is one of the best to plant to encourage monarch butterfly population, but this variety of milkweed can spread out and take over the garden. (Submitted photo / Cindy Meyer) I ...

If you plant them early enough, you can grow them from seeds (think in the fall, right about when milkweed plants naturally drop their seeds); if you plant them in the spring, though, you’ll ...