All You Need To Know About The Swamp Milkweed

Written By Jessie Shrieve

Swamp Milkweed

NEEDS

  • Native: prefers swampy, wetland sites

  • Will thrive in mucky clay soils

  • Prefers part-shade, but will grow in full sun

USES & FLOWERS

  • 2’-4’ tall

  • Pink blooms in late summer

  • Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

NOTES

  • Raw leaves are poisonous but only in large quantities

  • Medicinal

  • High deer resistance

Jessie Shrieve
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