Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe Pye Weed)
grows 5-7 ft. tall (TALL)
sun to part shade
medium moisture (mesic) to moist/wet but well-drained soil
July-Sept.
vanilla-scented (hence, the name “sweet”)
benefits bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths
larval host plant
natural habitat: mesic to dry-mesic upland forests; less frequently in dry forests, woodlands, barrens, well-drained floodplain forests, seepage swamps, and fens; common in the mountains and inner Piedmont
grows 5-7 ft. tall (TALL)
sun to part shade
medium moisture (mesic) to moist/wet but well-drained soil
July-Sept.
vanilla-scented (hence, the name “sweet”)
benefits bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths
larval host plant
natural habitat: mesic to dry-mesic upland forests; less frequently in dry forests, woodlands, barrens, well-drained floodplain forests, seepage swamps, and fens; common in the mountains and inner Piedmont
grows 5-7 ft. tall (TALL)
sun to part shade
medium moisture (mesic) to moist/wet but well-drained soil
July-Sept.
vanilla-scented (hence, the name “sweet”)
benefits bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths
larval host plant
natural habitat: mesic to dry-mesic upland forests; less frequently in dry forests, woodlands, barrens, well-drained floodplain forests, seepage swamps, and fens; common in the mountains and inner Piedmont