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Gay Butterflies Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa 'Gay Butterflies')
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Experience the stunning 'Gay Butterflies,' Asclepius showcasing vivid orange, red and yellow blooms . The distinct seed pods appear shortly after each bloom is spent, adding intrigue to your garden while attracting a flurry of pollinators!
About Butterfly Weed
Commonly called Butterfly Weed, this perennial puts out showstopping orange clusters of flowers in midsummer.
As you might predict from the name, butterflies (including Swallowtails) love the sweet nectar this plant produces, so swarms of butterfly wings will materialize wherever you have this beauty planted.
Long slender seed pods burst in the fall sending a seed attached to a fluffy floating through your garden to reseed like a weed.
This Asclepias variety is shorter than its cousins and doesn’t have their white, milky sap. It also prefers slightly drier conditions
Asclepiastuberosa Gay Butterflies Group
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A herbaceous perennial with upright stems of narrow green leaves. Clusters of showy, waxy yellow, golden orange, pink or red flowers are produced from mid to late summer. An outstanding food source for butterflies
Ultimate height
0.5–1 metresTime to ultimate height
2–5 yearsUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresMoisture
Well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
| Spring | Green | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Yellow Orange Red Pink | Lush | |
| Autumn | Yellow Orange Red Pink | Green | |
| Winter |
Aspect
South–facing or West–facing or East–facing
Exposure
ShelteredHardiness
H4Botanical details
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Bushy
- Potentially harmful
- Harmful if eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
- Genus
Asclepias can be evergreen or deciduous perennials or subshrubs, with plain, entire leaves and umbel-like clusters of small, distinctively shaped flowers followed by paired fruits containing seeds embedded in silky fibres
- Name status
Unresolved
\r\n\tSwamp Milkweed (Asclepias Incarnata)<\/em><\/strong> - This cousin of Butterfly Weed known as Swamp Milkweed blooms the first year from flower seed and tolerates heat, humidity, and even drought! Asclepias Incarnata flowers are fragrant, colorful, and carefree! A magnet for butterflies, Swamp Milkweed has flat-topped bloom clusters that are uncomplicated for butterflies to territory on, and they are vanilla-scented and rich in nectar. Growing Asclepias blossom seeds is so rewarding knowing that these plants will soon be providing a food source for beneficial insects. Plants are typically found along streams and ditches or in moist areas of meadows and prairies. Plants expand 4 to 5 feet tall and have clusters of pink to mauve flowers at the tops of branches.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tAsclepias Incarnata is prized for attracting monarch butterflies, and its foliage is sufficiently tender for larvae to feed on making this plant very valuable to the monarch butterfly population. Swamp Milkweed flowers are also kind for cutting, and the blooms are long-lasting in fresh and dried bouquets. This native American plant loves full sun and thrives in heat, humidity, and even drought. Swamp Milkweed plants prefer packed s
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28 inches
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Gay Butterflies Butterfly Weed has fragrant orange flat-top flowers with red overtones and yellow eyes at the ends of the stems from mid to late summer. The flowers are outstanding for cutting. Its thin leaves remain green in colour throughout the season.
Gay Butterflies Butterfly Weed is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading practice of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a excellent choice for attracting butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who attend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Gay Butterflies Butterfly Weed is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
Gay Butterflies Butterfly Weed will expand to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 28
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