Joe-Pye Weed
(Green-Stemmed Joe-Pye Weed)
Eupatorium purpureum. ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE).
Planting and Growing Joe-Pye Weed
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow Joe-Pye weed in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of Joe-Pye weed
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for Joe-Pye weed
- Season of bloom and planting time for Joe-Pye weed
- When, how deep, and where to plant Joe-Pye weed
- How to plant Joe-Pye weed
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of Joe-Pye weed
- Landscape and container uses of Joe-Pye weed
- Comments about Joe-Pye weed and its features
Growing Joe-Pye Weed
Several cultivars of mounding, shrublike, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial herbs, to 10 ft. (3 m) tall. Opposite or clustered, sometimes hairy, light green, triangular to oval, toothed, coarse leaves, to 4 in. (10 cm) long.
Related species with similar care needs include:
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- Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum
- Gregg’s mistflower, Conoclinium greggii (formerly Eupatorium greggii)
- Hollow Joe-Pye weed, Eupatorium fistulosum
- Smokeweed, Eupatorium maculatum
- Thoroughwort, Eupatorium hyssopifolium
- White snakeroot, Eupatorium rugosum
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See also Mist Flower, Conoclinium coelestinum (formerly Eupatorium coelestinum), a related species.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Showy, pink, purple, white, yellow, open, flat- or dome-shaped, fluffy, tubular, fuzzy flowers, 1/2-in. (12-mm) wide, in dense clusters, in autumn.
Best Climates
Semi-hardy. Plant as annual, zones 3–5; ground hardy, zones 6–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained, sandy loam. Fertility: Average. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to partial shade, 4–6 ft. (1.2–1.8 m) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep moist until established; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Prune to shape. Deadhead spent flowers. Propagate by cuttings, division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, barriers, fencelines in meadow, natural, rock, wildlife gardens. Attracts birds. Invasive. Pest and disease resistant.