Giant Milkweed gets a beautiful purple flower. The plant is a bush that should get over 8 feet tall.

I planted mine, and then found out that it likes to be more dry than wet. I need to move it; it hasn't bloomed since I bought it several years ago.

I have found Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars, like the one on the left, happily eating it up.

I try to plant mostly Florida native plants because I don't have to work as hard to keep them healthy and blooming. This Giant Milkweed is a good example of a plant that isn't native doing poorly in my garden, which bugs me, because I really love the flowers. As you can see from the Monarch Caterpillar though, it's still a good butterfly host plant.