Common Milkweed – Native Plant of the Day 07/04/2018
Photo from 07/02/2010. Location: Walker County, Ga.
More photos / info at the Asclepias syriaca detail page.
Common Milkweed, Silkweed – Asclepias syriaca
Also NPOD 02/07/2011, 07/05/2011, 02/07/2012, 07/05/2012, 07/05/2013, 07/04/2014, 07/04/2015, 07/04/2016, 07/04/2017
I adore Milkweeds, whenever I see one I think of Monarch Butterflies!
We welcome you to visit the Save Our Monarchs (www.saveourmonarchs.org), a new foundation established to bring back our monarch butterfly. Visitors can order free milkweed seeds directly on our website! You can also donate to our cause if you wish.
Beautiful flowers, and a beautiful reason to keep them around! It was gifted to my 6 yr old son and I from a man who was accepting ‘anything helps’ types of items on an exit ramp. My son, who is super generous, had me pull over so we could share our strawberries that we had picked this morning with him after I explained that some people don’t have jobs or homes. Or they do have a job and it doesn’t pay enough to cover all expenses.
Thinking it was a parsnip varieties I googled. I had never seen this type of milkweed in Vermont before, I’m not sure where exactly he got it from. Thank you for the resources here!