{"id":3430,"date":"2017-06-07T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2017-01-31T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:10:40","slug":"sorting-through-the-joe-pye-cultivars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/06\/07\/sorting-through-the-joe-pye-cultivars\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorting Through The Joe Pye Cultivars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Pye Is Major Butterfly Attractor<\/p><\/div>\n

Joe Pye weed (Eutrichum purpureum<\/em>) is a native perennial commonly spotted onthe edge of farm fields in the eastern and northern U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 4 to 9). The wild species\u00a0grows 5-7 feet high and 2-4\u00a0feet wide. It blooms from late July to September and is a\u00a0magnet to attract\u00a0bees and butterflies. Over the past two decades the \u201cweed\u201d has been tamed with the introduction of several shorter selections of Joe Pye. Here are the popular ones:<\/p>\n

\u2018Gateway\u2019 Joe Pye<\/strong> (E.\u00a0<\/em>purpureum ssp. maculatum<\/em>) grows 5 \u00bd feet and offers\u00a0month long show of mauve-pink domed flowers.<\/p>\n

‘Chocolate’ Joe Pye<\/strong> (E. rugosa<\/em> \u2018Chocolate\u2019) struts dark bronze\/purple foliage and fuzzy white flowers.<\/p>\n

\u2018Little Joe\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0Joe Pye<\/strong> (E. dubium<\/em>) is similar in appearance to Gateway. Plants grow\u00a03-4 feet tall \u00a0with whorls of green leaves and topped with dome-shaped heads of lavender pink flowers.<\/p>\n

‘Baby Joe’ Joe Pye<\/strong> (E. dubium<\/em>\u00a0‘Baby Joe’) grows only 2-3 feet tall and wide. It forms a bushy upright mound of coarse dark-green leaves, bearing large umbrella-like heads of magenta-lavender flowers in late summer.<\/p>\n

‘Phantom’<\/strong>\u00a0Joe Pye (<\/strong>E.<\/em> x ‘Phantom’)\u00a0<\/strong>is a dwarf hybrid cultivar\u00a0that grows to only 2-3 feet tall. It is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial that produces attractive and long-lasting, terminal, dome-shaped, deep pink-purple\u00a0flowers atop attractive red stems, in September and October, make great cut flowers.<\/p>\n

Hardy ageratum or mistflower <\/strong>(E.\u00a0coelestinum<\/em>) is old-fashioned 2-3 foot tall and wide perennial. It grows vigorously\u00a0in old fields, meadows, and along stream banks in the South in late summer and early fall. Species is\u00a0easy to grow and naturalizes freely.<\/p>\n

Joe Pye grows just about anywhere, preferably in wet sites. Leaf edges\u00a0may burn\u00a0if soils become too dry. Clumps spread by underground rhizomes that\u00a0are easily divided in early spring before new growth starts. Division, as well as thinning should be done frequently to ensure vigorous growth and reduce spread.Cuttings may also be rooted. Feed with slow release in early spring. Staking plants\u00a0for support is generally unnecessary unless sited in too much shade. No serious insect or disease problems.<\/p>\n

Joe Pye is utilized\u00a0in\u00a0perennial borders, rain gardens and mixed large containers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joe Pye weed (Eutrichum purpureum) is a native perennial commonly spotted onthe edge of farm fields in the eastern and northern U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 4 to 9). The wild species\u00a0grows 5-7 feet high and 2-4\u00a0feet wide. It blooms from late July to September and is a\u00a0magnet to attract\u00a0bees and butterflies. Over the past two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1218,747,1319,749,710,778,674,806,773,770,665,774,627,625,843,812,777,630,823,706,646,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9115,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/9115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}