Welcome to “Name That Native Plant!” — a quiz to help familiarize you with the native plants that provide such critical support Maine’s insects, birds, and other wildlife.
For our first installment, we’re featuring this Maine Audubon-grown native plant…
I am the ultimate “Bringing Nature Home” plant! A plant on which Monarchs and many other insects depend, I have unique foliage and beautiful pink and white blooms — and won’t spread like my more familiar roadside cousin.
Think you know what native plant I am?? Scroll down to find out…
I’m Asclepias incarnata, or swamp milkweed. Did you guess correctly?
Don’t forget: we have lots of swamp milkweed for sale — grown from seed by Maine Audubon staff — here in our Nature Store at Gilsland Farm. Stop on by and load up for your yard or garden!