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| Asclepias viridis, green antelopehorn, photo by mmarchin via Wikimedia Commons |
Why I'm growing Asclepias viridis in my garden...
1) It's native to Tennessee and other portions of the Southeast and lower Midwest.
2) Missouri Botanical Garden calls it drought-tolerant and deer-resistant, with flowers that provide nectar for butterflies.
3) The leaves provide food for the larvae of monarch butterflies, which need all the help they can get to survive and migrate.
4) As with partridge pea and redwhisker clammyweed, it just seems like it would be fun to grow and discuss a plant called 'green antelopehorn'. :)
4) As with partridge pea and redwhisker clammyweed, it just seems like it would be fun to grow and discuss a plant called 'green antelopehorn'. :)
Do you grow green antelopehorn? If so, what has been your experience with this plant?
