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800-644-5505Soulmate Swamp Milkweed
Old Price $24.99 Price $11.99
Packed 1 per package
Availability: In Stock
sku # 77426
sku # 77426
The perfect nectar source for monarch butterflies.
Create a lively butterfly garden with this lovely milkweed at its centre. Soulmate's erect, clump-forming habit gives plenty of real estate to the clusters of cherry-pink flowers that emerge in midsummer. Plant is fast growing, carefree and versatile—ideal for adding unique beauty and vivacious colour to borders, decorative containers, water features and cutting gardens. The fragrant blooms attract other pollinators, such as bees and hummingbirds, as well. Plant perennializes like a dream.
- Zone 3-9
- Light Requirements Full Sun
- Height 90–120 cm
- Size #1 Plant
- Bloom Time Mid summer to Early Fall
- Deer Resistant
- Attract Bees
Product Details
- Botanical NameAsclepias incarnata 'Soulmate'
- FormPerennial
- Flower FormClustered umbel-like cymes approximately 5 cm across. Vanilla scented.
- Hardiness Zone3-9
- Foliage TypeNarrow elliptic to ovate leaves in medium green approximately 8-15 cm long.
- Growth RateModerate
- Spread60 - 75 cm
- Planting InstructionsTop of plant should be just below soil level and 60-75 cm apart
- Soil RequirementsAverage to moist
- Spacing 60 - 75 cm
- Will TolerateAcidic Soil, Clay Soil, Loamy Soil, Wet Soil, Sandy Soil
- Watering DescriptionPrefers moist soil but will do wel in regular garden soil/conditions.
- Winter careNot needed
- PruningRemove spent blooms can prolong blooming time.
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