Purple Milkweed

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Eastern North America

Location

Bioswale Garden

Source of plant

Seneca Hill Perennials, North Creek Nurseries

Description

The emerging foliage is lightly touched with purple, and the deep reddish purple flowers crowd into tidily spherical inflorescences, several per stem. Though growing in the wild mostly in drier soils, it grows happily in average garden conditions and is, so far, a clumper rather than a romper.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

flower color