Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) - 1 Gallon gift Evergreen fern

Evergreen fern

A single-stem perennial that can grow up to 3 feet tall

The fruit serves as an essential food source for birds and other wildlife

Soil pH: slightly acidic

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) - 1 Gallon gift Evergreen fernThis native plant is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its nectar. It is host plant for the queen, monarch and soldier butterflies, as well as the dogbane tiger moth, milkweed tussock moth, and the unexpected cycnia. Hummingbirds, bees and other insects are also attracted to it. It is not a preferred host plant of the monarch butterfly but caterpillars can be reared on it