Beautiful pink flowers arranged in orbs adorn the tops of slender stems of skinny pointed leaves. The flowers truly smell of vanilla. Support Monarch butterfly and several other North American pollinator species with this tolerant and hardy perennial native. As the name indicates, this milkweed will even grow in wet, swampy conditions. While they can be a little troublesome to start, and do require a period of cold stratification for germination, once these plants are established they will spread, reliably providing more and more flowers and foliage each year. They generally begin blooming in their second year. Soil pH can cause flower color to vary and lighten.
Beautiful pink flowers arranged in orbs adorn the tops of slender stems of skinny pointed leaves. The flowers truly smell of vanilla. Support Monarch butterfly and several other North American pollinator species with this tolerant and hardy perennial native. As the name indicates, this milkweed will even grow in wet, swampy conditions. While they can be a little troublesome to start, and do require a period of cold stratification for germination, once these plants are established they will spread, reliably providing more and more flowers and foliage each year. They generally begin blooming in their second year. Soil pH can cause flower color to vary and lighten.
