Description

With its striking bright orange flowers, this North American and Mid-Atlantic native is a great accent plant. It is a host plant for monarch butterfly larva and helps increase the biodiversity on a green roof.

Like most perennials, this plant will benefit from growing in a deeper soil profile, or, where the green roof media has been mounded. It will need regular water to become established. A wonderful accent plant, this species will add height and color to the green roof plant palette.

Profile

• Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
• Family: Asclepidaceae
• Plant Type: Hardy Perennial
• Plant Usage: Accent
• Hardiness Zone: 3-9
• Foliage Color: Green
• Flower Color: Orange
• Bloom Time: Midsummer
• Winter Interest: Seed stalks
• Height: 24"
• Spread: 18"
• Light Requirement: Full Sun
• Origin: Eastern and Southern United States
• Self Sowing: A little
• Shade Tolerant: No
• Substitutes: Ipomopsis rubra, Sedum aizoon,