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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jacob Cline bee balm is what consistently attracts hummingbirds for me. It is pretty tall and floppy, but if you cut it back by about half in late may/early June, it will bloom later and smaller but will stay shorter.

Regular milkweed is pretty tall and not terribly attractive. There is a much shorter, bright orange variety that also attracts butterflies. [/quote]

I just started some common milkweed from seed and now you guys have me second guessing this!  I don’t have a huge yard and it seems like this species is more suited to open spaces where it can really grow wild?[/quote]
yes, common milkweed is better suited for open spaces - in my yard it keeps escaping and popping up all over my lawn and flower beds. And I wouldn't call that plant all that attractive - flowers are pretty for very short period of time.
swamp milkweed is better in my opinion[/quote]

DP.  I've got common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). I like them all very much but for looks alone, I like butterfly weed the best. The flowers are lovely. But, you can't beat the impact that common milkweed makes. It's big and the flower head is huge.  I also like the smell. The swamp milkweed, IMO, just doesn't do much for me.  It's just kind of meh but I know the butterflies really like it.  It grows just fine in the really hot, dry parts of my yard.

I also have some dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) that I work hard to eradicate.  It's easily confused with any of the milkweeds and even has seed pods like them.  It can also spread by runner and if you don't get all of the root, it pops back up.  It's a pain.[/quote]

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