Location: Wildlife Plant Design

Names:

• Common Name: Mexican Butterfly Weed
• Botanical Name: Asclepias curassavica
• AKA: Tropical Milkweed, Blood Flower, Mexican Milkweed, Scarlet Milkweed

Description: Flowering plant that averages around 3 feet in height and 2 feet in width; Flowers are often red with orange tops.

Best Growing Conditions: Full sun or partial shade; Low water demand

Landscape Use: deer resistant; rock garden

Wildlife Value: Bees, Birds (Hummingbirds); Butterflies (nectar source and larval food source)