Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed or Virginia Milkweed Size:0.67 qt or black vase

or black vase

Seedheads appear in summer as feathery pinkish tufts

and scalloped leaves on dark purple stems are 3-6" wide and as pretty as the flower

slowly spreading

Dark green foliage

Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed or Virginia Milkweed Size:0.67 qt or black vaseA rough, spreading Eastern North American native perennial. It grows typically to 3 feet tall on thick stems with broad light green leaves to 8 inches long. Late spring into mid summer brings fragrant, pinkish purple domed flowers with a charming, slight droop. Flowers give way to seed pods (2 4" long) which ripen to split open and release their loads of silky tailed seeds that float on the winds. Many types of butterflies visit the flowers for nectar