Asclepias perennis Fairy Garden Plants Selected from seedlings that survived

Selected from seedlings that survived our 1984/85 winter of -9 degrees F

This 2011 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction represents seed-grown plants from a population we discovered in 2003 in Smith County

starting for us in mid-August (NC)

and named it after

Yushania confusa

Asclepias perennis Fairy Garden Plants Selected from seedlings that survivedAsclepias perennis is another little known, but easy to grow milkweed that hails from sunny floodplains, marshes, and other constantly wet sites from South Carolina west to Texas. Despite these origins, it has thrived for us in standard garden soils both in sun and part sun. Asclepias perennis forms a 2' tall x 2' wide small clump of upright, purple blushed stems, clothed with long, narrow green leaves. Starting in spring, and continuing through