{"product_id":"butterfly-weed-72-cell-plug-tray","title":"Butterfly Weed - 72-Cell Plug Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eButterfly weed is a tough, long-lived native milkweed with brilliant tangerine orange flower clusters for about three months from early through late summer. Plants occasionally show red or yellow tones. It was named Perennial Plant of the Year in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nectar-rich flowers feed monarchs, other butterflies, hummingbirds and bees, and the leaves host monarch caterpillars. Stems cut well for bouquets, and the seed pods open to silky white fluff that is nice in dried arrangements. It loves sun, handles drought and is left alone by deer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlat-topped to rounded clusters 3 to 5 inches across of many small, star-shaped flowers in vivid tangerine orange, held at the tops of upright stems. Leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, slightly hairy and medium green, densely lining the stems. The plant is a bushy, upright clump about 2 feet tall and 2 feet wide. At peak bloom the plant is covered in bright orange clusters, often with butterflies. Narrow, upright seed pods follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eButterfly weed thrives in the same hot, dry, well-drained ground as lavender, and its tangerine orange clusters make a bold complementary contrast with purple lavender through the summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow in full sun in lean to average, well-drained soil; it is very drought tolerant once established and does not like wet winter soil. Hardy in USDA zones 3-9. Mark its spot, since it is late to emerge in spring, and avoid moving it once planted because of its deep taproot; deadhead the first flush for a second round of blooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asclepias tuberosa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tangerine orange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bushy, upright clump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 in tall × 24 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-July\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne full 72-cell plug tray: 72 young starter plugs of this variety (cells about 1⅓ in. wide × 2½ in. deep), rooted and ready to pot up into quarts or gallons. Best for growers and nurseries. Potted plants and plug trays ship during our live-plant seasons, March 1–May 31 and October 1–November 30; June through September is local pickup only. Plugs, potted plants and trays do not ship to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep taproot resents disturbance and it breaks dormancy late in spring, so dormant plants can look lifeless on arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"72-Cell Plug Tray","offer_id":67722982097192,"sku":"GLLF-PER-DE629398-72","price":358.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/butterfly-weed.jpg?v=1790864845","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/butterfly-weed-72-cell-plug-tray","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}