Asclepias viridis India Alongside the leaves emerge the

Alongside the leaves emerge the flower stalks

a new set of stems emerge

Just wait until you see the miniature butterflies and hummingbirds it attracts

possibly as a seedling of the well-known Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'

Asclepias viridis India Alongside the leaves emerge theAsclepias viridis is a US prairie native (Ohio south to Florida and west to Texas), that makes a superb garden perennial. For us, green antelope horn milkweed forms a 2' tall x 2' wide clumping specimen with thick outward leaning stalks. The terminal flower heads start for us in early May with a cluster of green buds that open to reveal green petals that hold the symmetrically arranged purple stamens. Asclepias viridis is very similar to Asclepias