Asclepias curassavica | Butterfly Flower, Mexican Milkweed, Blood Flower. Originated in … The Tropics | Various
Asclepias curassavica belongs to the plant family APOCYNACE and Genus Asclepias This plant specimen prefers Wet soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun
People create special hummingbird or "hummer" gardens. Hummingbirds feed by site and tend to fly in the same areas. There is a term for these routes called traplinings. Consider hummingbird plants that flower at different times. Do not use pesticides since hummingbirds eat the plant insects as a source of protein. Hummingbirds do not have a sense of smell and rely upon sight and high nectar producing plants. Asclepias curassavica is known to attract humming birds and other nectar feeding garden birds.
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Asclepias curassavica so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Asclepias curassavica butterfly flower,Mexican milkweed,blood flower is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Asclepias curassavica is a good hummingbird feeder. Mexican milkweed (also known as butterfly flower and blood flower) can survive cold winter nights that go as low as 0 Fahrenheit. It needs soil that is moist.
Lonicera angustifolia is an Annual which means it lives for 1 year before dying. This plant needs to be regrown for success in the next season.
Asclepias curassavica has an annual life cycle. Typically the blossoms are either yellow or orange, with an accent in red.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 4' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
The Complete Botanica published by Crescent Bloom
"Hummingbird Gardens: Turning your yard into hummingbird heaven", Stephen W. Kress, editor, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn New York, 2000.
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"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.