Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Bee on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
maybe as excited as this bee who loves the plant's nectar.
Growing in the wild
The first Butterfly Weed I ever saw was growing in the wild. Now I love it so much that I do have it growing a my side yard garden.
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I've noticed it growing along the edges of a bike path I use frequently. Strange to call a plant that is so colorful a week.
I wouldn't think of it as a weed. It's quite lovely.
We get excited,
as excited as the bees, and butterflies.
I've planted some in my roof garden this year and it is just starting to flower!
gorgeous!
It must be one of those weeds that's dressed up in her Sunday best!
I love it too. Gorgeous shots. MB
...it is beautiful and great that you might be able to coax the butterflies to your own garden with it growing there too
Isn't it remarkable that this butterfly subsists on only one plant? I had a bush like this in my previous Florida home, as part of a butterfly garden. Unfortunately, the landscaping at my current Florida home isn't suitable for a butterfly garden. Drat!
I always wondered what milkweed looked like.
Love that bee close up.
We have Butterfly Weed in our west field along with Queen Anne's Lace and see it all along the side of rural roads in Missouri! Beautiful images EG! Thanks for telling me about your camera.. :) I love that it attracts butterflies!
Just gorgeous flower and colours !
Have a nice Sunday :)
That is beautiful milkweed. In Texas it looks white or I'm remembering the white, gooy gel that oozes from it. xo Jenny
that bee sure looks happy with his brilliant orange landing strip... beautiful flowers
I'm going to look around for this plant...if it's called a weed it might be well suited to grow in my garden!
well done!
I have never seen orange milkweed! Ours is pinkish.
This is really beautiful!
beautiful vibrant plant, they must look spectacular with the Monarch Butterfly on them.
I am not aware of ever seeing an orange one. Interestingly, we have a milkweed volunteer in out town garden. I have let it be and will be sure to report if it turns out to be orange.
Beautiful!
Absolutely gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)
Your blooms really pull at me, I finally got a plant last year but thought it had died in the winter because it took so long to grow in the spring, but now it is getting slowly taller, I don't know if there is much hope it will bloom this year. The flowers are incredible, both the color and the waxy symmetry. I least I get to look at my indoor Hoya vine blooms, they are related, and smell the wonderful fragrance.
Lovely.
I do like the color of the flowers.
Have a nice day.
Mormor
Wow; I've never seen this 'Butterfly Weed'; how attractive and you have warm memories with them♡♡♡ And GORGEOUS Macro shots of the flower with bee, EG♪
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Oh, how I love the color here! That orange would make a wonderful fabric! Wonder what the bumblebee was thinking as you took his photo?
LOVE the color!!!
Gorgeous orange milkweed! Beautiful!
Beautiful color!
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