Grow your own monarch butterfly habitat with these Tropical Milkweed seeds (Asclepias curassavica). These red and orange milkweed seeds are perfect for a sunny pollinator garden, attracting monarchs, butterflies, and bees while adding bold color to your landscape. Each packet from Thee Littlest Plant Shoppe contains approximately 25 tropical milkweed seeds, collected from our red and orange flowering plants. This milkweed is a favorite nectar plant for monarch butterflies and other pollinators, and its leaves serve as a host plant for monarch caterpillars. Tropical milkweed is easy to grow in warm climates and thrives in full sun with well‑drained soil. Plants can bloom for long periods, giving butterflies and bees a reliable food source in your pollinator garden or container plantings. Details • Item: Tropical Milkweed seeds (Asclepias curassavica) • Quantity: Approx. 25 seeds per packet • Flower color: Red and orange bicolor clusters • Type: Host plant for monarch caterpillars and nectar plant for butterflies and bees • Height: About 2–4 ft tall • Light: Full sun • Soil: Well‑drained; enjoys regular watering, tolerant of sun. • Use: Pollinator garden, monarch butterfly garden, wildlife‑friendly yard, patio containers How to plant Sow tropical milkweed seeds in warm soil after danger of frost has passed, or start indoors 6–8 weeks before your last frost date. Press seeds lightly into the soil and cover with a thin layer (about 1/4 inch), then keep the soil evenly moist until seedlings emerge. Once established, plants are low‑maintenance; deadhead spent blooms to encourage more flowers and collect mature seed pods to save seeds for next season. Ships from Florida, USA. Seeds are hand‑packed in paper envelopes-perfect for gardeners, butterfly lovers, and anyone building a monarch or pollinator garden.