Grow butterfly milkweed in full sun with well-drained soil. You’ll appreciate its drought tolerance once it’s established. If you are gardening in clay soil, consider growing Asclepias ...

These include common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) with its pink and white flowers, swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), ...

First off, I was curious about the name, Incarnata. “It’s part of a latin term for the species of swamp milkweed that’s native to WNY – Asclepias incarnata,” she informed me.