Will Joe Pye/Eupatorium grow back after being cut?
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WANTED: Have: Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium)
Comments (7)Still have several bags of this and tons of seeds in my backyard I can collect if anyone wants... The blooms are mauve, the stalks are maroon and it blooms in late summer. Did a couple of trades so far with some very nice people (of course, ALL of you are nice people! )...See MoreWhat does Joe Pye look like in dormancy?
Comments (16)My 'Little Joe' is about 3-4 years old and each spring the new shoots come up several inches away from the previous year's. It seems to be a slow spreader, so it may eventually get beyond it's three foot allotted space. Just warning you. I didn't realize they were so hard (LOL) to dig up or divide. I have a 'Gateway' in my boulevard I want to donate to a plant sale next year. Fortunately it's only 2-3 years old or I might have had to resort to the dreaded "R" thing (Roundup). I had no idea they were that difficult. I had read about the various ironweeds being tough-rooted, but I have only had my (several) joe-pyes a few years. Thanks for the warning, everyone....See MoreAnyone grow a really dwarf Joe Pye Weed?
Comments (46)Joe Pye weed is a great plant in the right place, beautifully suited to swamps and wetlands. It is a very large plant with a robust presence. It has an appealing scent. I don't think it would be well-suited to a small English garden - it's a space eater. I don't care if people don't like the plants I grow or the way I garden. Because our gardens are public, we see the gamut of visitors. Most are kind. Occasionally, there is a gardening snob wandering through, but I have learned to ignore them. But everybody's garden is different and their experience of any given plant is bound to reflect that difference. I didn't invent any of the plants I grow, so I cannot take it personally if anyone dislikes a particular plant. Also, my own tastes change. Plants I loved 15 years ago may now be banned from the garden, or they just might be working their way back into my own top 10 list....See MoreWhy I don't grow Joe Pye weed
Comments (15)eupatorium is one of my fav plants. love the dusty mauve color that goes so well to balance all our boldly colored yellow, and blue, conifers and woodies. i even grow Little Jo at the front edge of one mixed border- just for some height variety, next to a red dissected J maple and a daphne carol mackie. Only 2 beds where i have it- have moist soil. Maybe that's why ours do NOT seed around (boy i wish they would.) I have a pretty white and green variegated eupatorium but it hasn't flowered yet, and it is only 2.5'H. I will never forget seeing Gateway in a PNW garden where it was 10-12'H!! I had to ask 'what's that?'; it so fooled me!! (That's often the case w/ plants in the PNW.It's all due to their secret laboratories where they breed their plants with Wilt Chamberlain DNA.)...See More- 19 years ago
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