Indian Hemp
Apocynum cannabinum

Height: 3-4 ft
Spread: 2-3 ft
Bloom Time: May-July
Sunlight: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist, Medium, Dry, Very Dry
​Life Cycle: Perennial

Indian Hemp, also called Dogbane, is an upright branching species with red stems. It has clusters of white flowers that pollinators find highly attractive. During its late spring and summer bloom time, the flowers are often humming with life and visited by butterflies, bees, beetles, flies, and other insects. Indian Hemp spreads by roots to form colonies and should be given space in habitat corridors to move around. It is related to milkweeds and produces white sap and long slender seedpods that burst with fluffy fibers similar to milkweeds. Its leaves turn a brilliant yellow color in autumn. A large number of moth caterpillars depend on this species as a host plant, including Snowberry Clearwing Moths and Milkweed Tussock Moths. Deer Resistant.