Asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed) Size:0.25 lbs Seed It is an attractive plant

It is an attractive plant and can do well in landscaped settings as long as it is well supported by surrounding plants and is controlled by removing seed heads before ripening

part shade

This is short to medium perennial woodland plant that is named from its "zig-zag" flower stalk

easily controlled by digging the root corms as the need arises to control its spread

Photo 3 By: By Sherief Saleh (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3

Asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed) Size:0.25 lbs Seed It is an attractive plantMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a