Baby Joe Bloom

Baby Joe Joepyeweed. Attracts butterflies. It was advertised as growing 2 to 3 ft tall, but for me it grows about 5 feet or more.

Makes a great banner, Laurie.
Joe Pye Weed is a new one for me.

Is that a recent pic? Are the open blooms pink or white?
I like the contrast of dark stems with leaves, too.

This looks like a spectacular plant.....up to 8ft tall!
Like Jupiter's Beard on steroids.
This description sold me on it.
https://www.gardenia.net/plant...
It says hardy for zone 3, but will try it anyway.

Ordered this pack of 50 seeds, mixed colors....white, pink, blue at Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YRF64A/

BTW, while looking for it on Amazon, also came across this novel (to me) method of
planting seeds.......clay/compost seed balls/"bombs".
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H138SAI/
May be just what I need for some salvias & others that are difficult to germinate, but
will use it to plant the Joe Pye Weed.

This is really nice!

Is this a case of you simply having too green a thumb, or of the supplier over-hyping a product (not unheard of)? Look on the bright side. You don't have to bend down to take a close-up of the blooms, or of the bees and butterflies on the blooms. Seeing a 2-3 foot tall Joe Pye Weed would be surreal, after decades of seeing and loving the exuberantly tall kind.

I had planted it originally in my small rain garden. But with it reaching 5+ feet, it was out of place in that tiny area. Moved it a few years later to a bigger space. I can prune the new stems in spring and get a shorter plant, but I don't always remember or have time to do that.

Perhaps if it never got watered, the plant might be shorter. It gets plenty of rainwater runoff!

This is actually a picture of the buds, not opened blooms. It does not have a showy flower (small and sort of a mauve color), but butterflies and other pollinators like it.

Thank you, Cal, Gardener, and Elizabeth for your comments. And to all who gave a thumbs-up. And an acorn, too!--thanks, Cal!

Hoping for "decades of seeing and loving the exuberantly tall kind."