Butterfly Weed is a must have plant in a butterfly garden. It is a milkweed plant. Milkweed is the larval food plant for Monarch butterflies. And all butterflies love the flowers. Orange is my least favorite flower color, but these are established plants so I'm keeping them. There are several varieties of Butterfly Weed and various flower colors: white, yellow, pink, as well as some exotic varieties. Butterfly Weed is a perennial. It will die back in the winter, and it will come up from the roots and get bigger every year. Don't be afraid to cut it back when it gets leggy in the middle of summer. It grows fast, and you'll have lots of new growth and flowers for fall. August, September, and October are prime butterfly months.
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