Asclepias tuberosa

Description

With its striking bright orange flowers, this North American and Mid-Atlantic native is a great accent plant. It is a host plant for monarch butterfly larva and helps increase the biodiversity on a green roof.

Like most perennials, this plant will benefit from growing in a deeper soil profile, or, where the green roof media has been mounded. It will need regular water to become established. A wonderful accent plant, this species will add height and color to the green roof plant palette.

Profile

  • Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
  • Family: Asclepidaceae
  • Plant Type: Hardy Perennial
  • Plant Usage: Accent
  • Hardiness Zone: 3-9
  • Foliage Color: Green
  • Flower Color: Orange
  • Bloom Time: Midsummer
  • Winter Interest: Seed stalks
  • Height: 24"
  • Spread: 18"
  • Light Requirement: Full Sun
  • Origin: Eastern and Southern United States
  • Self Sowing: A little
  • Shade Tolerant: No
  • Substitutes: Ipomopsis rubra, Sedum aizoon,

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