Asclepias viridis Nierembergia resulting in a 3' tall

resulting in a 3' tall plant in the garden

We have grown this side by side with Hosta 'June' for several years and find Hosta 'Touch of Class' more intensely and dramatically colored

we have seen no burning in our trials

Asarum nobilissimum

The 6" tall

Asclepias viridis Nierembergia resulting in a 3' tallAsclepias viridis is a US prairie native (Ohio south to Florida and west to Texas), that makes a superb garden perennial. For us, green antelope horn milkweed forms a 2' tall x 2' wide clumping specimen with thick outward leaning stalks. The terminal flower heads start for us in early May with a cluster of green buds that open to reveal green petals that hold the symmetrically arranged purple stamens. Asclepias viridis is very similar to Asclepias