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Asclepias curassavica - video

Name: Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold'
Uploaded: 2024-07-23T04:41:46-05:00
Description: Asclepias curassavica Silky Gold (Golden Butterflyweed) - This is an all-yellow flowering form of the typically orange and yellow Butterfly Weed, also known as Tropical Milkweed.

Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Tropical Milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (Formerly:Asclepiadaceae)
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Origin: North America
USDA Zone: 8-11?

Plant attracts butterflies, hummingbirds

Subtropical or temperate zone plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold'
Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' (Golden Butterflyweed) - This is an all-yellow flowering form of the typically orange and yellow Butterfly Weed, also known as Tropical Milkweed.

Link to this plant:

https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/asclepias_curassavica.htm