Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' Drought Tolerant and quietly handsome

and quietly handsome

which tells you most of what you need to know about how people have felt about them

Virginia garden of the late Frederic Heutte

where its long season of quirky bloom can be enjoyed up close

and shaded slopes from Pennsylvania south to Florida and west toward the prairies

Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' Drought Tolerant and quietly handsomeThe white flowered form of swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' carries the same upright, well mannered habit as the species but trades rosy pink for clusters of pure, cool white, held atop sturdy three to four foot stems through summer. The effect is fresh and luminous in a moist border, and just as useful to wildlife. Like all swamp milkweeds, 'Ice Ballet' is a native of wet meadows and streambanks, happy in rain gardens, pond edges, and