Milkweed

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Growing Milkweed in your flower garden can be easy with high quality, non-GMO seeds. All of our garden seeds are heirloom - Common, Butterfly, and more varieties of milkweed for planting.

Milkweed is the host plant for monarch butterflies and is quite popular in pollinator gardens and monarch waystations. Attractive blooms bring monarchs that need to provide a habitat for their caterpillars.

The scientific name of milkweed is asclepias, and these plants can be tricky to germinate, but they just require cold stratification in order to sprout. Start seeds indoors for early spring flowering and plant after your last frost date. Milkweed is lovely in flower beds, meadows, native gardens, pollinator gardens and more. Self seeding perennial in warm zones.

Learn how and when to grow with the best large premium seed packets that include helpful instructions. Indoors (needs light) or outdoors. Try one of our collections that offers a variety pack for a great gardening gift.