Find Green Milkweed Asclepias viridis in the St Louis Missouri area at Sugar Creek Gardens plant nursery and garden shop. Interesting green flowers with purple signals of the Green Milkweed, Asclepias viridis, add subtle beauty to native gardens. Large narrow leaves are an essential food source for the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar. This Missouri native perennial tolerates most soils, except consistently wet. Green Milkweed’s large showy seed pods add beautiful and exotic additions to dried floral arrangements.
Asclepias viridis – Green Milkweed
Interesting green flowers with purple signals of the Green Milkweed, Asclepias viridis, add subtle beauty to native gardens. Large narrow leaves are an essential food source for the Monarch Butterfly caterpillar. This Missouri native perennial tolerates most soils, except consistently wet. Green Milkweed’s large showy seed pods add beautiful and exotic additions to dried floral arrangements.
Plant Green Milkweed in full sun in well-draining soil.
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