Which Milkweed Should You Grow? Best Milkweed Varieties For Your Area
Supporting monarch butterflies and beautifying your garden requires choosing the correct milkweed species. Consider these seven milkweed types for varied climates and conditions:
Common Milkweed is native to North America and ideal for big gardens or naturalized regions. It grows effectively in many soil types
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Common Milkweed
Swamp Milkweed grows on moist soil and is common throughout eastern North America. It attracts pollinators with pink or lavender blossoms.
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Swamp Milkweed
Butterfly Weed, with beautiful orange blossoms, will tolerate drought and prefer well-drained soil. Native to the central and eastern US, it thrives in sunny, dry gardens.
Showy Milkweed thrives in central and western North American garden beds and grasslands with its enormous, pink to purple flower clusters. Hardy
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Showy Milkweed
Desert Milkweed loves dry, sandy soil and full sun in arid and semi-arid locations. Native to the southwestern US and Mexico, it promotes butterfly populations.
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Desert Milkweed
Prairie Milkweed thrives in well-drained, loamy soils in the central US prairies. It promotes native plant diversity and produces clusters of tiny, pinkish blooms.
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Prairie Milkweed
Green Milkweed is ideal for southern and central U.S. gardens because to its greenish blossoms and drought tolerance. Rarely grown
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Green Milkweed
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