Purple Milkweed

Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) 🌿🦋

Purple Milkweed is a rare and beautiful native perennial known for its deep rose-purple flower clusters, powerful pollinator attraction, and importance in supporting wildlife. This stunning milkweed variety is especially prized for attracting Monarch butterflies, whose caterpillars rely on milkweed as a host plant for survival.

Unlike some taller wild milkweeds, Purple Milkweed has a more refined ornamental look, making it perfect for flower beds, food forests, pollinator gardens, and native plant landscapes.

In late spring through summer, this plant produces vibrant purple-pink blooms that attract:

✔️ Monarch butterflies
✔️ Bees
✔️ Hummingbirds
✔️ Beneficial pollinators

As a native perennial, Purple Milkweed can return year after year once established and helps build a healthier ecosystem around your garden or homestead.

How to Grow:
Purple Milkweed thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-draining soil. Once established, it is drought tolerant and relatively low maintenance. It can reach around 2–4 feet tall and spreads slowly over time.

Like other milkweeds, it develops a deep taproot, making it hardy once established but somewhat sensitive to transplanting when older. Plant in a permanent location if possible.

Medicinal / Traditional Uses:
Historically, some milkweed species were used in traditional herbal practices, though caution is advised. Milkweed contains natural compounds that can be toxic if misused. Purple Milkweed is primarily grown for its ecological and ornamental value rather than internal use.

Bare Root Shipping Instructions 📦
All of our Purple Milkweed plants are shipped bare root to reduce shipping stress and keep costs affordable.

When your plant arrives:

1. Open immediately and remove packaging.
2. Soak roots in room-temperature water for 1–2 hours before planting.
3. Plant as soon as possible the same day.
4. Dig a deep hole to allow roots to stretch naturally.
5. Plant with the crown at soil level.
6. Water thoroughly after planting.
7. Keep in shade or filtered light for 2–3 days after planting before moving to full sun.
8. Keep evenly moist while establishing.

If you cannot plant immediately, keep roots cool and slightly moist until planting.

A stunning native perennial that helps save pollinators while adding rare beauty to your landscape.

Ships bare root from Yahuah’s Farm. 🌿🦋