Common Milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane
Family)
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Height: 2-4 feet
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Spread: 1 foot
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Bloom Time: late June to
early August
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Bloom: droopy, fragrant-sweet pink
balls, fruit large rough green pods
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Light: full sun
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Soil: sandy, loamy
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Moisture: dry to wet
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Use: butterfly
gardens, meadows, prairies, naturalized areas; a host plant for Monarch
butterfly caterpillars; attracts birds, butterflies, bees and other beneficial
insects such as the Tiger moth; cut flowers
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Care: easily grown
from seed, self-seed if seed pods are
not removed prior to splitting open
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Concerns: no serious disease problems; prone to aphid pests; can spread invasively through
rhizomes, somewhat weedy; not suited for small landscape plantings
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Native to: Dane County and
all of Wisconsin; eastern North America from New Brunswick to Saskatchewan,
south to North Carolina, Kansas and Georgia
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Notes: best planted in
large areas with other grasses and wildflowers; will self seed
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Supplier: Agrecol Native Nursery
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Demonstration Prairie I014
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