Butterfly Milkweed - Acorus Restoration

Butterfly Milkweed

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The vivid orange of Butterfly Milkweed makes it an essential ingredient in a dry garden. In the summer the flowers attract a variety of butterflies.


Colour: Orange	Blooms: June-August	Height (cm): 60-90
Sun: Full	Soil: Sand	Moisture: Dry

Other traits: Herbal, Poisonous, Butterfly Milkweed is also known as pleurisy root as it was historically used as a remedy for pleurisy and for other lung ailments. It has also been used as a poultice for bruises and swelling but potentially toxic in large quantities. The silky down from the seed pods has been used for stuffing pillows and cushions when other materials were scarce. Very attractive to hummingbirds, Monarch and Viceroy butterflies.

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