Also commonly called Red Milkweed, Marsh Milkweed, or Swamp Milkweed. It has a lovely vanilla fragrance coming from the large rosy pink flowers. It is a Monarch caterpillar food source. Grows best in moist soil but will tolerate average soils and blooms for about a month Mid-Summer. Attracts butterflies, bees and hummingbirds and is deer resistant.