Scientific Name
Asclepias curassavica

Common Name
Blood flower; Annual milkweed
Flowering Season: Summer to frost
Light Requirements: Sun
Flower Color: Brilliant orange-red with yellow flowers in clusters
Height: 3 to 4 feet
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Comments: Tender perennial grown as an annual; moist, fertile, well drained soil; 2 foot spread; attracts hummingbirds, bees and moths
Cultivars: Red Butterfly (red and orange bicolor); Silky Gold (golden orange)
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