All except the butterfly weed have this rather special quality.

IF ever a plant was well named, it is butterfly weed.

You walk and wonder: Could that be a parterre of butterfly weed?

And you can't take people into your garden anymore and just point out the butterfly weed.

Most of the butterfly weeds known to cultivation have the bright orange flowers.

Then there is butterfly weed that blooms a bit later than the buddleias.

From a gardener's point of view, butterfly weed is easy enough to grow from seed.

And throughout the journey, the butterfly weed provides them food and built-in protection.

Or plant some, along with Queen Anne's lace and butterfly weed.

I called my local Department of Environmental Conservation office and was told that butterfly weed is not on the list.