Habit & Cultural Information

Mature size: 3 feet tall & spreading! It can (and will) travel via underground rhizomes as well as seeds...be sure to give this plant room to romp widely!
Minimum temperature: -30º F
Light: Sun
Water: Evenly moist
Habit: Perennial

Notable Features

Deer Resistant
Drought Tolerant
Pacific NW Native
Pollinator Friendly
Clay tolerant
Fragrant

Asclepias speciosa, Showy Milkweed

Size 0.5 qt - Ships Sept 1 - April 1 1.16 qt- ships Sept 1 - April 1 3 qt sq - Ships Sept 1 - April 1

At Nursery

$12.50

Nursery only Available for purchase at Dancing Oaks Nursery. This plant is not available for online ordering or shipping.

1.16 qt- ships Sept 1 - April 1 63 available

Frosty white buds open to form a dome of fragrant, clove-scented, pale pink stars in summer through fall. Its seed pods are entertaining, too - 4-inch long, upright, fuzzy, pointed pods filled with cottony seeds. Remove them before they open if you don't want a lot of babies (Asclepias speciosa babies, that is). All in all, this is a surprisingly ornamental Willamette Valley native!

Mature size: 3 feet tall & spreading! It can (and will) travel via underground rhizomes as well as seeds...be sure to give this plant room to romp widely!

Monarch Butterflies use this as a nectar source AND host plant for their larvae! As you see from our photos, we've spotted Monarch caterpillars munching on ours and hope to see more visit our nursery in the coming years. Many other pollinators use this plant as a nectar source, too: honeybees, moths, hummingbirds, and lots of other butterflies. This is a pollinator-friendly plant par excellence! If you want to learn more about milkweeds, visit the Project Milkweed page at the Xerces Society.

Minimum temperature: -30º F

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Carefully packed for each plant

Once your order is ready, we bring the plants from our greenhouses into a holding area. Each plant is wrapped by hand and, when needed, staked to protect tender stems. Because our inventory is so diverse, we adjust the packing method for each plant based on its size, type, and stage of growth.

We reuse clean paper and plastic packing materials whenever practical. It is easier on the planet and helps keep shipping costs down for you, too.

Choose your Monday ship date

At checkout, choose from the available Monday ship dates. We ship with UPS from Monmouth, Oregon, and you will receive an email with tracking information when your shipment is prepared or enters the UPS system.

Arrival times vary by destination and weather, so we cannot guarantee a specific delivery date or time.

Packed by hand, plant by plant

See how we prepare mail-order plants for a safe journey from our nursery to your garden.