Wildflower - Milkweed

The hot/dry weather of this summer has taken a toll on some of the wildflowers in the neighborhood. Much of the Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in the neighborhood started to die off from lack of rain soon after flowering. The 2 inches of soaking rain we received at the end of July has enabled some milkweed to start over and bloom again.



Some of the common milkweed that survived the dry weather has produced seed pods.



The Orange Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), also known as Butterflyweed, had less foliage this summer but seems to have handled the dry conditions better than the common milkweed.