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Joe Pye Weed |
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Sweet Joe Pye Weed |
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Queen of the meadow |
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Sweetscented Joe Pye Weed |
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Kidney Root |
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Quillwort |
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Skunk Weed |
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Motherwort |
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Jopi Weed |
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Jopi Root |
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Gravel Root |
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Boneset |
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King of the meadow |
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Joe-Pye weed |
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Sweetscented Joepyeweed |
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Trumpet Weed |
Eutrochium purpureum | Accepted |
Eupatorium purpureum | Synonym |
Eupatoriadelphus purpureus | Synonym |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
Plant Height: | 3 to 8 feet (.9-2.4m) |
Plant Spread: | 2 to 4 feet (.6-1.2m) |
Leaves: | Unusual foliage color |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Flower Color: | Pink |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees Sow in situ Can handle transplanting |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Tip Division |
Pollinators: | Wasps Moths and Butterflies Bumblebees Bees Various insects |
Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
Independence Day and the beginning of the hottest days of summer, the Dog Days, are the major events in July. Gardeners and honey bees are trying to keep cool and harvesting food.
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Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Nov 10, 2012 3:28 PM Give this plant plenty of room, I think it is best in a largish clump. It makes a good summer screen, and the leaves turn yellow in the fall. I leave mine standing all winter for the birds to snack on. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Mar 2, 2018 4:39 PM This Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed or Joe-Pye is one of the more common, wide-spread species that are so similar, along with the Spotted and Hollow Joe-Pyes. It grows about 4 to 7 feet high. It bears 3 to 4 leaves whorled around the stem, and the stems are solid inside and usually are green except for a swollen, purplish area where the leaves whorl around the stems (the nodes). The purplish-pink flowers often are vanilla-scented along with crushed leaves, but not always. This species in nature grows in partial shade the most, and in drier soil than most of the other species. Its native range is from Minnesota to southern New Hampshire and then southward deep into the South into Zone 8. Like other Joe-Pye, its flowers are very attractive to many kinds of butterflies, moths, and bees. Its foliage is attractive to a number of beneficial insects whose larva feed from it, which is a good trait that helps ecology. It is sold by a good number of native plant nurseries. It makes a good, upright garden perennial that is easy, reliable, and low maintenance. Its root system is shallow and fibrous and if needed it can be divided and reset or propagated that way. [ Reply to this comment | |
MrsBinWY | On March 11, 2017 | Seeds sown sprinkled lots of seeds & chaff in milk jug, 30 days in fridge, seeds from lovesblooms |
antsinmypants | On December 27, 2020 | Seeds sown WS - Jug 9 |
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HAVE: Eutrochium purpureum (Joe-Pye weed) seeds by UrbanWild | Apr 5, 2018 5:39 AM | 1 |
Floral Alphabet Soup!! E .... eh? by KatEnns | Jan 15, 2018 8:24 AM | 41 |
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Eutrochium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye, Gravel Root, Queen of the Meadow by Bonehead | Feb 4, 2016 10:24 AM | 3 |
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