Milkweed 'Whorled'

COMMON NAME: whorled milkweed

BOTANICAL NAME: Asclepias verticillata

PLANT TYPE: PERENNIAL

SUN EXPOSURE: Full sun to part shade

BLOOM TIME: June to September

AVERAGE SIZE: 1-2.5' X1-2'

COLD HARDINESS: USDA Zone 4

DESCRIPTION: an upright perennial that typically grows to 2.5’ tall on simple, usually unbranched stems clad with long, narrow, sessile, needle-like, linear leaves (each 2-3” long) with revolute margins arranged in whorls of 3 to 6 at each node along the length of the stems. Stems ooze a milky sap when cut or broken. 

 Available in 2 gallon pots