About Purple Milkweed
Purple Milkweed is a native wildflower. Expect pink & purple flowers from June through July. Tops out around 60–90 cm. Draws bees, butterflies and caterpillars (as a larval host) to the garden. Deer tend to leave it alone.
Purple Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
Feeds the food chain
A larval host plant. The caterpillars it raises are the primary food source for baby songbirds.
