Eutrochium Species, Hollow Joe-Pye Weed, Queen-of-the-Meadow, Trumpet Weed

This is a beautiful plant with a gorgeous full mop of dusty mauve flowers on top. I grew it over 10 ft tall in Marietta, Georgia. A sta...Read Morert from that plant grows 6-7 ft tall in Ohio. This species flower head is superior to other Joe Pye weeds if you are looking for something that is full and lush. I grow it in dryer part shade and fertilize with 14-14-14 Osmocote and it's extremely happy.

Have both the "Little Joe" & this taller variety which has reseeded itself in a small clump in front of the original plant. Last year the...Read More original got deer pruned but still grew to over ten feet tall. This year I caged it & it grew to over 14' tall with the new clump growing to 10'!! It must really like the spot it is in & it is semi-swampy as there is a Cardinal flower patch surrounding it. My Little Joe gets over 5' tall as well but is more shrub-like whereas this taller variety grows straight up like a tree & blooms later than the dwarf variety.

I've been happy to see a few Joe-Pye-Weed species growing in wild areas of southeast Pennsylvania. I identified the photo I added with th...Read Moree green book of "A Field Guide To Wildflowers by Peterson & Mckenny. The Hollow Joe-Pye has glaucous green stems sometimes tinted purple in some areas, and it usually has 6 leaves on each whorl around the stem, but it can also have 4 to 7 leaves around each whorl. The specimen I saw had 6 to 7 the most. The stems should also be hollow or tubed in cross section. This species likes moist or draining wet soils. A good native plant of the Midwest and East USA for pollinators with flowers or foliage.

This plant grows wild in damp places all over the Catskills. There are several garden cultivars that are smaller than the wild variety, w...Read Morehich gets over 10 feet tall here. It is a very dramatic plant with big flower heads and beautiful leaves arranged in tiers. My patch is a good deal darker and redder than the pictures here. The wild patch streamside at the outlet to the beaver pond down the hill from me grows below the road grade and, viewed from above, looks like a solid cloud of rosy mauve moss that you could walk on, because it flowers so profusely.It smells sort of vanilla-y, although it is not overpowering. Later, the seed heads brown and remain dramatic into fall. It requires a lot of moisture, but is not bothered by insects. It is just beginning to bloom here, and will remain decorative until flattened by snow.