Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) 3-pack of pots

Purple Milkweed is highly sought after because of its deep purple flowers. Purple Milkweed doesn’t spread as much as common milkweed. Note: Check your hardiness zone—Purple Milkweed isn’t always hardy in Minnesota and northern states and may not come back year after year. Adding a thick layer of leaves or mulch in the fall and scraping it off in the spring can help it survive winters.

Details

Perennial
Sun:    Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture:    Medium
Height:    3 feet
Blooms:    June, July
Color:    Purple
Spacing:    18-24″
Spreads: 8” a year by roots
Zones:    4-9

Design Tips

Prairie Milkweed will spread by underground rhizomes. Use Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) in gardens and prairie plantings to support monarch caterpillars.

Companion Plants

Prairie Dropseed
Whorled Milkweed
Little Bluestem
Meadow Blazing Star
Orange Coneflower

Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep

These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!