Purple Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
Purple milkweed rivals the common milkweed but with deeper rose-purple blooms and a tidier, non-aggressive habit. A choice monarch host for sun to light shade in average garden soil.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- purple, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, monarch host, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AR, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI