While its orange-flowering cousin is the go-to for ecologically-minded plantfolk, Asclepias tuberosa ‘Hello Yellow’ provides the native landscape with unexpectedly cheery golden yellow milkweed blooms while still providing ecosystem services for Monarch butterflies as well as other pollinators. The tight flat-topped clusters of sunshine yellow flowers are loaded with pollen and nectar, perfect for attracting bees, butterflies, wasps, beetles, and the occasional hummingbird. Don’t worry if you don’t see all of them at once - ‘Hello Yellow’ Butterfly Weed flowers dutifully over a period of nearly three months from June to September, giving you plenty of time to enjoy the pollinator value of this North American perennial. Following its exceptionally long flowering period, large, attractive pods filled with silky-haired seeds mark their arrival from mid-to-late autumn.

• Category: Perennials
• Hardiness Zone: 3
• Height: 24 Inches
• Spread: 24 Inches
• Bloom Color: Yellow