Ice Ballet Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet'
$18.00 – $28.00
A wonderful selection for attracting butterflies to garden beds and rain gardens; this upright selection features clusters of white fragrant flowers and green narrow foliage; a compact variety that is easy to grow, needing little to no maintenance
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Ice Ballet Milkweed is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden | but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
Ornamental Qualities
Ice Ballet Milkweed has lightly-scented white flat-top flowers at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season.
Planting and Growing
Ice Ballet Milkweed will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 32 inches. It tends to be leggy | with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground | and should be underplanted with lower-growing perennials. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial | this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter | and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable | preferring to grow in average to wet conditions | and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is quite intolerant of urban pollution | therefore inner city or urban streetside plantings are best avoided. This is a selection of a native North American species. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun to partial shade
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level average to wet
Mature Size 4'Hx32"W
Cutflower Favorite
Flowers are white with soft fragrance
Flowers from mid summer to early fall
Attracts butterflies
Zone 4a
Likes average to moist soil