7 Flowering Native Retention Pond Plants that grow on rip-rap embankments in Wichita Kansas
#4 Rose Milkweed
Asclepias Incarnata
Pros: Milkweed is the exclusive host to Monarch Butterflies
Cons: Coarse
Also called Swamp Milkweed, this is an endearing wildflower. We cannot say enough good things about it! Like all milkweeds, it is a valued host plant for the Monarch Butterfly. And actually, this whispy, flood tolerant plant is abuzz long before we first notice it- waying gently with constant visits from pollinators. It is a part of many native pollinator and butterflies’ lives. These ecological treasures create a noticeable benefit for the fish. Should the Rose Milkweed be near the top of all our lists?
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In Wichita, Kansas and Sedgwick County, our Rose Milkweeds generally have pink blooms. These variable bloomers burst forth with fragrant umbels during June or July, persisting 4 or 5 weeks, sometimes through August. Thriving in saturated soils of clay or rock, this milkweed establishes itself thru perennial rhizomes along the water’s edge creating attractive clusters.
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