Tropical Milkweed Live Plant – Asclepias curassavica – Monarch Host & Pollinator Plant

Scientific name: Asclepias curassavica

The Monarch Butterfly's Favorite Milkweed

Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) is one of the most reliable and showy milkweeds you can grow — and one of the most important plants for monarch butterflies. Monarchs use it as both a host plant (caterpillars feed on the leaves) and a nectar source (adults feed on the flowers). The vivid red-and-orange bicolor blooms are also irresistible to hummingbirds, bees, and other pollinators.

Plants bloom prolifically from late spring through frost, making them one of the longest-blooming pollinator plants available. In zones 8-11, Tropical Milkweed is a perennial. In cooler zones, grow it as a long-blooming annual — it performs beautifully all season.

Growing Conditions

• Light: Full Sun
• Perennial: Zones 8–11; use as annual in colder zones
• Height: 36 inches
• Spread: 18 inches
• Bloom: Late Spring through Frost
• Critters: Wildlife tend not to browse

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Well-rooted plants in your selected pot size, a few inches tall at shipping.

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