Want more milkweed plants? Two things can happen when pinching your milkweed. You create bushier, fuller plants and you can create additional milkweed plants for your yard or friends. Milkweed is the only host plant for the monarch caterpillar. My favorite two varieties to grow both of which are native for my area are swamp milkweed also known as rose milkweed and butterfly weed. Swamp milkweed has purple blooms and butterfly weed has orange blooms. Both have bloomed for me (NC) in the first yea