Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'

'Ice Ballet' is loved by both humans and pollinators for its long-lasting clusters of vanilla-scented white flowers. The leaves are an essential food source for the caterpillars of the Monarch butterfly. Best grown in moist soils, but it is surprisingly tolerant of average garden soils as well. A long taproot makes this plant very difficult to transplant.

WARNING: Milky sap is toxic. Wear gloves when handling cut stems.

Zones: 3 to 9
Family: Apocynaceae
Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Height: 36 to 42 in.
Spread: 18 to 24 in.
Exposure: Full sun, semi-shade
Soil: moist, boggy, along streamsides, loamy
Bloom Time: July to August
Native Range: Eastern Canada and in every state in the United States except Arizona, Mississippi and states with a Pacific coastline