General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 36 - 72 inches
Plant Spread: 24 - 36 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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

Photo Gallery
Location: American Peony Society Garden, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Date: 08/05/2003
photo by Cornell Plantations via Cornell University Library's eCo

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