You will receive one showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) plant in a 2.5-inch pot. This perennial plant is native to western and central North America and is a valuable host plant for monarchs and other butterfly species. Grows 2-4 feet tall and features velvety gray-green leaves up to 8 inches long with distinctive veining. In summer, showy milkweed produces spectacular globular clusters of fragrant, pinkish-white to pinkish-purple star-shaped flowers measuring up to 3 inches across Thrives in dry, shallow, or gravelly soils where other plants may struggle. Deer resistant. Produces a deep taproot, so does not transplant well once established. Zones 3-9.