Butterfly Milkweed is outstanding in its field.

OK, that’s an old joke, but during the late spring and summer blooming season around Lake Martin, Butterfly Milkweed’s bright tangerine orange or yellow-orange flowers really do stand out in the fields and open forests where it grows. That’s because the flowers tend to grow in large, showy, flat-topped clusters that are 2 to 5 inches wide – big patches of orange in locations that are mostly green and brown.