Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed) Cut Bank - Toe of Slope This plant can tolerate some

This plant can tolerate some deep shade and is versatile in most soil types

Tall spikes of blue flowers trickle out blossoms all summer

and dunes along Lake Michigan

New England Aster may also sport lavender or light pink blossoms

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Asclepias verticillata (Whorled Milkweed) Cut Bank - Toe of Slope This plant can tolerate someMonarch Butterflies are fully and exclusively dependent upon milkweeds for laying eggs and for larva food source and they can nectar. These plants were once so plentiful they were literally called weeds because they were problematic in agricultural fields. However, that's no longer the case with regular Glyphosate treatments to agricultural fields wiping out all "weeds". With fragmentation, global climate change, pollution, and other threats this is a