Asclepias, Swamp Milkweed, Rose Milkweed, Swamp Silkweed 'Ice Ballet'

This white cultivar like the pink mother species is an easy, reliable perennial. A number of Milkweed species get hit later in the season...Read More by the yellow colored Oleander Aphids that got introduced from Eurasia. I haven't seen them kill whole plants off, though they often mar the plant's appearance. They are easy to spray off with water. I recommend planting milkweeds also as a food source for Monarch Butterflies.

Grown well in a damp cool bed, from a tiny plant two years ago Bloomed this year but soon began severe yellowing. Attractive to the round...Read More fat milkweed beetles, which seemed to come along with the death of my previous three year old swamp milkweed.

One of the best choices I've made in my perennial garden. I planted a clump of this (plants from Lazy S) last fall in the back of the gar...Read Moreden where the roots are shaded but height is needed. I wanted a nectar plant. Two butterfly bushes failed in that location. I was concerned that the milkweed would not be tall enough but it is already 4 feet tall and blooming (mid-June); I was also concerned about our very wet cold winters and damp ground in that location (which I think contributed to the failure of the buddleias) but the milkweed is absolutely thriving there. The flowers are very white, tending to a shade of creamy green; they are large and stately and compliment other flowers very well; and there are many of the flower heads throughout the clump. I am very happy to have the beautiful flowers that I wanted as well attracting butterflies and all in a native plant. Highly recommended!

This is a really beautiful white-flowering NY-native plant that I used to replace some more invasive exotic white-flowering plants. It is...Read More a handsome-foliaged, clump-forming plant that blooms late-July until end of summer when a lot of other flowers are done. Looks great planted next to native blue garden phlox. Butterflies do indeed love it, no issues with aphids so far. Does great in my zone 5a garden in full-sun with a good layer of mulch.