Asclepias eriocarpa (California Monarch Milkweed)
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Asclepias eriocarpa (California Monarch Milkweed)
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Asclepias eriocarpa (California Monarch Milkweed)

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Size 4"

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Kotolo Milkweed, California Monarch Milkweed

A perennial with three foot tall stem and large but narrow five inch leaves that bloom in the summer.  The California Monarch Milkweed provides food for monarch butterfly caterpillars and provides nectar for hummingbirds and nest building materials for other birds

Plant with: Pines (Pinus sp.), Fir (Abies sp.), Oak (Quercus sp.), Sagebrush (Artemisia sp.), Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.), Encelia sp.Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon sp.), Woolly Bluecurls (Trichostema lanatum)

- Plant in full sun

- Tolerant of a wide range of soil types, including clay

- Mulch heavily

- Water well for the first month

- Attracts birds and butterflies

- Drought tolerant

- Toxic

- California Native