American silkweed, jewelweed, milkweed, silken cissy, silkweed, swallow wort, white Indian hemp
Size
Time to Maturity
No preference
Botanical Details
Family
Apocynaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
Asclepias can be evergreen or deciduous perennials or subshrubs, with simple, entire leaves and umbel-like clusters of small, distinctively shaped flowers followed by paired fruits containing seeds embedded in silky fibres