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I live in the Brighton Heights Neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh PA and recently certified my yard as a wildlife habitat. please feel free to check out my Blog and I hope you enjoy it.When I first bought my property the house was in disrepair and the yard was nothing but dead grass over grown weeds and garbage. It is now a habitat that provides wildlife with the four basic requirements needed to thrive. These are food, clean water, cover from predators, and places to raise young. I have provided these in my small space and will continue to improve on these elements of my garden. I am also an artist and I get a lot of inspiration from my garden. I am fascinated with tiny houses and enjoy cooking and music. I have two adopted cats from a rescue, and I have a one eyed cat that was a stray and needed surgery so I took her in. They are all house cats so they do not tear up my wildlife habitat. They do enjoy sitting in the windows looking at the other animals that visit my yard.

Monday, April 11, 2016

Asclepias Incarnata

Swamp Milkweed


Swamp Milkweed is a perennial that is hardy in zones 3 to 8, It is native to most of the Continental US and Eastern Canada. It likes full sun to partial shade and grows 4 to 6 feet. The pink with purple flowers have a long summer bloom period. This allows them to provide nectar for bees and butterflies after common milkweed blooms have faded. Swamp milkweed is non aggressive and is easy to start from seeds. The long lasting blooms are nice for cut flowers and have a subtle vanilla scent. It attracts buckeyes, bumblebees, eastern tiger swallowtails, giant swallowtails, hairstreaks, honey bees, hummingbird moths, hummingbirds, skippers, spicebush swallowtails and many more.

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