PERENNIAL: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly-weed)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Butterfly-weed is one of the showiest native wildflowers. Summer waves of orange blossoms brighten open fields, woods, and waysides. Later, spindle-shaped fruit (follicles) pierce the air in shades of green, yellow, brown. When follicles split open, the seeds’ silky threads glisten in the sun. The Virginia Native Plant Society selected Butterfly-weed as Wildflower of the Year in 1992.