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Asclepias incarnata

Asclepias incarnata
(swamp milkweed)

Category: Herbaceous Plants

Additional Species:

‘Cinderella,’ ‘Ice Ballet’

Height: 36 – 48 inches


Spread:  48 inches


Location: Bottom


Native Status: NE


Comments & Cautions:
excellent for attracting butterflies; will self-seed


Recommended For:

  • Bioretention and Rain Gardens

This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium

This plant prefers Sand or Loam or Clay soil.

The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.


Bloom and Interest Season:

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec

Plant Form

tall, rather open habit, usually unbranched except in upper part of stems

Foliage

dark green, narrow leaves with pointed tips; medium texture; milky sap when stems are broken, but not to the same extent as common milkweed

Flowers

Rounded terminal clusters 4" to 5" across; flowers dusty pink to rose, with the “skirt” darker pink, lightly fragrant; July-August

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