Eutrochium purpureum - (Sweet Joe Pye Weed)
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Moist to medium-moist, fertile, humusy soil that never dries out.
SIZE: 5-7 ft. SPREAD2-4 ft.
FLOWERS: Fragrant, mauve-pink. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Birds, Bees and Butterflies
LARVAL HOST TO: Clymene moth, Ruby tiger moth, and Three-lined flower moth
ZONE: 4-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV
Turn your garden into a pollinator paradise with Sweet Joe Pye weed! This vigorous, upright perennial is prized for its large dome shaped flower heads that are covered in vanilla-scented purple flowers. The blossoms will not only delight your senses but are also a magnet to many pollinator species and are an important source of honey. Flowers give rise to seed heads that are an important food source for birds during the colder months. An excellent addition to pollinator, cottage, butterfly and rain gardens. Deer and wet soil tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Moist to medium-moist, fertile, humusy soil that never dries out.
SIZE: 5-7 ft. SPREAD2-4 ft.
FLOWERS: Fragrant, mauve-pink. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Birds, Bees and Butterflies
LARVAL HOST TO: Clymene moth, Ruby tiger moth, and Three-lined flower moth
ZONE: 4-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV
Turn your garden into a pollinator paradise with Sweet Joe Pye weed! This vigorous, upright perennial is prized for its large dome shaped flower heads that are covered in vanilla-scented purple flowers. The blossoms will not only delight your senses but are also a magnet to many pollinator species and are an important source of honey. Flowers give rise to seed heads that are an important food source for birds during the colder months. An excellent addition to pollinator, cottage, butterfly and rain gardens. Deer and wet soil tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Moist to medium-moist, fertile, humusy soil that never dries out.
SIZE: 5-7 ft. SPREAD2-4 ft.
FLOWERS: Fragrant, mauve-pink. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Birds, Bees and Butterflies
LARVAL HOST TO: Clymene moth, Ruby tiger moth, and Three-lined flower moth
ZONE: 4-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV
Turn your garden into a pollinator paradise with Sweet Joe Pye weed! This vigorous, upright perennial is prized for its large dome shaped flower heads that are covered in vanilla-scented purple flowers. The blossoms will not only delight your senses but are also a magnet to many pollinator species and are an important source of honey. Flowers give rise to seed heads that are an important food source for birds during the colder months. An excellent addition to pollinator, cottage, butterfly and rain gardens. Deer and wet soil tolerant.
