Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' ~ Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed-ServeScape
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' ~ Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed-ServeScape
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' ~ Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed-ServeScape
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' ~ Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed-ServeScape
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' ~ Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed-ServeScape
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' ~ Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed-ServeScape

Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow'

Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed is a tough, long-season clumping native perennial with long narrow leaves.  Its abundant clusters of orange-yellow flowers atop of its long hairy stems bloom from late spring well into summer.  The flowers give way to prominent seed pods which are valued in dried flower arrangements.  Unlike other milkweed varieties, the Butterfly Weed does not have milky sap in its stem.  Drought and deer Resistant.  

Asclepias tuberosa is a host plant for the Monark, Gray Hairstreak, Queen, Soldier butterfly, and Milkweed Tussock moth.  Learn more about planting for butterflies with Georgia natives with this brochure.    

Type: 

Perennial

Origins:

N. America, GA Native

Height: 

1.5' - 3'

Spread: 

1' - 2'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

3 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Yellow

Season of Interest: 

Summer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance Plant. Does well in dry, average, or medium wet soils.  Easy start from seed but slow to establish, and may take 2-3 years to start to flower.  Mature plants are self-seeding if you do not remove pods before they split open. Does not transplant well once established due to deep taproot. Crown rot can be a problem if the soil is too wet.  Susceptible to rust of leaf spotting.  

LANDSCAPE USES:  Wildlife Gardens, Meadows, Pairaries, Butterfly Gardens, Naturalized Gardens, Native Gardens, Sunny Borders.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Aster, Purple Coneflower, Butterfly Bush

IMAGES: Photo by Proven Winners, Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed, (2) anonym, Asclepias tuberosa, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' ~ Hello Yellow Butterfly Weed-ServeScape

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