Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) Seed Packet CRP Seed Mix Commonly found in wet floodplains

Commonly found in wet floodplains

Fall color can be impressive with red-purple leaves

Lythrum alatum

Drought Tolerant & Low Maintenance: Once established

partial sun

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed) Seed Packet CRP Seed Mix Commonly found in wet floodplainsMonarch 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