Get Milkweed Plant Care
Pics. With little required care, milkweed is a smart choice for meadows and wild areas of the yard. Learn about milkweed—an important native plus, milkweed is the food of our beautiful monarch butterflies.
The common milkweed plant (asclepias syriaca) is a rough, weedy plant, but it has fragrant flowers and common milkweed plants grow to about 2 to 4 feet in height, with a thin, vertical growth habit.
How and when to harvest butterfly weed seeds for replanting in the garden. Common milkweed is a member of the asclepiadaceae (milkweed) family. Provide regular water for the milkweed plants to keep the soil evenly moist throughout the growing season. Because milkweed plants tend to be clonal (closely related), it is worthwhile to.