Asclepias viridis Clinopodium Thanks to the late bulb

Thanks to the late bulb guru

especially when used to contrast bolder

which means it couldn't run even if it was being chased down the mountain by a pack of starving pandas

the winter deciduous clumps are topped with 3' tall spikes

although for us

Asclepias viridis Clinopodium Thanks to the late bulbAsclepias 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