Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed)

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Asclepias viridiflora (Short Green Milkweed)Monarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a

It has a traditional oval or pyramidal shape so it can perform as a specimen tree

Photo1 By: Midwest Groundcovers

Flower Color cream to green

Height: 4'-5'

Calamagrostis canadensis (Blue Joint Grass) gets its name from the blue-green foliage

Given years it can spread into large colonies to form a solid cover

Over-seeding:

Height 4'-6'

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prefers a moist shady location and rich acid soil similar to its native habitat at the edge of the woods

This tree produces an impressive fall show with its intense brick red leaves

Flower Color Red / Seed Color the "Smoke" is Pink