As a group, the Joe Pye Weeds are spectacular flowering plants individually and when given room to spread. The large, domed flower heads consists of tiny florets of pink and lavender hues, blooming from July to September.
Sweet Joe Pye Weed has vanilla-scented flowers and leaves when crushed. It also can tolerate drier soils than others in its group. It's an important source of honey, attracting tons of pollinators, songbirds and butterflies.
Fun fact: Joe Pye allegedly was a medicine man in Colonial Massachusetts who used concoctions from a wild plant found growing in the nearby woods to cure typhoid fever (New York Times).
1st photo: National Parks Gallery
Joe Pye Weed, Sweet
SKU: EP01-SS
$15.00Price
1 Gallon
- Latin: Eutrochium purpureum
- Pollinator value: Very high.
- Mature height: 2 to 6 feet with a spread of 3 to 5 feet
- Spacing: 3-4 feet
- Light: Full sun to full shade
- Soil: Medium moist; can tolerate drier soils than Joe Pye Weed
- Landscape uses: Butterfly gardens, naturalized areas, borders, water margins
- Pair with New England Aster, Black-eyed Susan, Wild Bergamot
- Resistance: Deer
- Native range here