General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 2 to 3 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Lavender
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
Stratify seeds: Stratification may help germination
Needs specific temperature: Sow at 68F, should germinate in less than two weeks
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Spotted Joe Pye Weed
  • Spotted Joepyeweed
  • Joe-Pye weed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Eutrochium maculatum
  • Synonym: Eupatorium maculatum
  • Synonym: Eupatorium maculatum var. maculatum
  • Synonym: Eupatorium purpureum var. maculatum
  • Synonym: Eupatoriadelphus maculatus var. maculatus

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Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-09-01
Location: Newby Hall garden, Ripon, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-05-15

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

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