Butterfly Milkweed seeds (Butterfly brooch not included)

Perfect for home gardens! Butterfly Weed(Perennial)
Butterfly Milkweed also known as Asclepias Tuberosa, have beautiful long blooming orange clustered flowers. It serves as a host plant for Monarch caterpillars and can provide nectar to the butterflies too. The Seed-floss from Butterfly Milkweed also played an important role in WW II. Butterfly milkweed and Common Milkweed seed-floss was used as padding inside of the life vest for the soldiers. Large populations of the plant can still be found in areas where milkweed seed-floss processing facilities were located in the States in the great Lakes and Northern United. Dawson, Erin. 100 plants to Feed The Monarch. North Adam, MA, Storey Publishing, 2021.

Butterfly Milkweed is native to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NM, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV