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Joe Pye Weed

Butterflies can't get enough of these sweet-smelling lilac florets

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Plant Details

BOTANICAL NAME

Eutrochium purpureum

LIFE CYCLE

  • Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

  • Full Shade
  • Partial Shade

GROWTH HABIT

  • Upright

PLANT HEIGHT

  • 48 to 84 inches

COLOR

  • Pink

Searching for a native wildflower to incorporate into your pollinator garden? Look no further than the sweet-smelling Joe Pye Weed, as the humble plant is a favorite among butterflies and other pollinators. Thick-stemmed with long, serrated foliage, Joe Pye Weed could easily be mistaken for milkweed with its tall clusters of dainty pink and purple flowers. A bushy plant that can grow up to seven feet tall, Joe Pye Weed blooms in midsummer and can be differentiated from milkweed by its vanilla fragrance.

  • • Uniquely versatile plant
  • • Attracts bees and butterflies
  • • Prefers full shade to partial shade

Planting Information

PLANTING SEASON

  • Fall

SOWING METHOD

  • Direct Sow

PLANTING DEPTH

  • 1/8 inch

WATER NEEDS

  • Average

PLANT SPACING

  • 36 to 48 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8

SEED PREP

  • Requires Light

COVERAGE

Amount Avg Seed Count Recommended Coverage
Packet 50 Up to 80 Sq. Ft

Planting Guide

View our Joe Pye Weed Planting Guide to learn more.

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Joe Pye Weed FAQs

What is Joe Pye Weed also known as?

Joe Pye Weed is also known as Purple Joepyeweed, Sweet-Scented Joepyeweed, Sweet, Joepyeweed, Gravel Root, Gravel Grass, Gravel Weed, Hardy Ageratum, Indian Gravel Root, Indian Sage, Indian Sanicle, Kidney Root Wort, Marsh Milkweed, Motherwort, Pride Of The Meadow, Purple Boneset, Purple Hemp Agrimony, Queen Of The Meadow, Queen Of The Prairie, Quill Wort, Sisters Of Healing, Skunkweed, Trumpet Weed, and Eupatorium Purpureum.

What type of seed is Joe Pye Weed?

Joe Pye Weed is an open pollinated seed.

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