Poke Milkweed
Asclepias exaltata
Poke milkweed is one of the few milkweeds for shade, with drooping clusters of white-and-lavender flowers in open woods. A monarch host that brings milkweed value to dappled, moist gardens.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, green, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, monarch host, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV