100 SUNSET MILKWEED Asclepias Curassavica Scarlet Blood Flower Red Orange Butterfly Weed Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Sunset Flower Milkweed OTHER COMMON NAMES: Blood Flower / Scarlet Milkweed / Indian Root / Mexican Butterfly Weed / Tropical Milkweed SCIENTIFIC NAME: Asclepias Curassavica COLOR: Red, Orange, & Yellow PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 36" PLANT SPACING: 15 - 18" BLOOM TIME: All Summer HARDINESS ZONE: 5 - 11 LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 100 Seeds OTHER: In addition to being beautiful, Milkweed is a very important plant because it is a host for the beloved MONARCH butterfly. Monarch larva feed exclusively on Milkweeds. That means if there is no Milkweed, there would be no Monarchs :( It is also an important nectar plant for bees & other insects. The common name Milkweed was given to this plant because of its milky juice. The scientific name comes from Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, because of the many folk-medicinal uses for the milkweed plants. T