Orange Butterfly Milkweed
| butterfly weed | milkweed |
It is an perennial, flowering herbaceous, see how the Orange butterfly milkweed looks like in the garden and landscape.
Orange Butterfly Milkweed is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Other winter zone scales for planting this butterfly weed are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H7, H6, H5, H4, H3; PHZ: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a.
Butterfly Weed details
| Plant type | herbaceous, flowering | ||||||||
| Life cycle | perennial | ||||||||
| Sun needs | part shade, full sun | ||||||||
| Growth habit | upright | ||||||||
| Flowering period | spring, summer | ||||||||
| Height at maturity | 60 sm - 90 sm | ||||||||
| Spread | 30 sm - 60 sm | ||||||||
| Spacing | 45 sm for mass plantings; 48"+ (1.2m) for space between plants | ||||||||
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty | ||||||||
| Soil moist/drainage | wet | ||||||||
| Soil PH | 6.0 - 8.0 (slightly acidic - moderately alkaline) | ||||||||
| Water needs | average | ||||||||
| Maintenance / care | low | ||||||||
| Resistance to | disease, drought, heat, insect, humidity, rabbit, dry soil | ||||||||
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Orange Butterfly Milkweed @ wikipedia.
Orange Butterfly Milkweed in the landscape and gardening
