Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) Fern

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) FernMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a

Its purple flowers are just beautiful

Photo By: Robert H

keep grasses as short as possible or add for better/easier establishment

Flower Color green/orange

rock garden

requiring consistent moisture for best performance

Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern) is really one of the best native ferns for native landscaping because it holds its green leaves late into the fall

So much so

Wetland Status UPL

In the fall this plant can display beautiful red to purple colors as it goes dormant

and open woodlands

It is mostly pollinated by long-tongued bees and for fall interest the seed can really bring in the finches