Joe
Pye Weed 'Baby Joe’
Family: Asteraceae (Aster
Family)
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Height: 2-3 feet
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Spread: 1-2 feet
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Bloom Time: July to hard
frost
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Bloom: 5-7 inch domed plume-like
clusters of fragrant mauve purple 3/8 inch flowers on strong upright stalks
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Light: full sun to
part shade
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Soil: moist fertile
humusy, sandy to gravelly soils
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Moisture: consistent
moisture; tolerates wet conditions
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Use: mass plantings,
naturalized areas; cottage, meadow, pollinator, and rain garden; late season
nectar source for butterflies, hummingbirds and pollinators
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Care: low
maintenance; remove spent flowerhead to prevent
seeding (self-seeded plants will not maintain cultivar characteristics)
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Concerns: no serious
insect or disease problems; leaves scorch if soil dries out; good resistance to
powdery mildew
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Native to: species native
to eastern North America; species native to Wisconsin
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Notes: fast-growing
upright bush-like perennial; tall stems with deep-green lance-shaped
coarsely-toothed 3-9 inch-long leaves arranged in whorls; stems topped with
flower plumes; deer and rabbit resistant; species formerly classified in genus
Eupatorium
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Supplier: The Flower
Factory
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Teaching Garden Location
& Code: Naturalistic
Garden H120
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