A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Help picking some soil for my butterfly weed.

I am waiting on three butterfly weed plants. I plan on planting them in 12 inch pots. The only problem is I am having a hard time deciding what soil to use.

Miracle-Gro cactus, Palm and Citrus Soil

http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/p...mp;itemId=cat50154&icid=hp1_mm_p_mgs

or

Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix

http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/p...mp;itemId=cat50154&icid=hp1_mm_p_mgs

What do you guys suggest? I appreciate any help you can give me.

Just out of curiosity, why are you planting them in pots and not the ground?

Butterfly weed forms a large taproot, so if you do plant them in the ground, make sure it's where they will stay...they are very difficult to transplant without breaking the taproot.

Should you decide on pots, I would use the moisture control soil. Even though they are drought tolerant once established, pots dry out much quicker and the moisture control soil will help prevent underwatering.

I don't have enough space for them in the ground currently. All the space is already taken. I was told they can do well in 9 inch pots. So I figured they should do fine in the 12 inch pots that I had laying around.