Scientific Name
Asclepias curassavica
Common Name
Blood flower; Annual milkweed
Annual Flowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
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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