Marsh Milkweed

This perennial sunflower is a valuable plant to the Monarch butterfly and is a favorite for wet, boggy areas.

Bright pink, sweetly fragrant blooms in mid-summer.

Minimum of 75% sun

Use for native prairie, as a nectar source for butterflies and bees, and as a food for larva.

Height: 3'-5’
Thrives in average to dry soils.
Moisture: Wet, Mesic
Soil Moisture: Loam, Peat