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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 36 - 72 inches
Plant Spread: 24 - 36 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Flowers are off-white to pale pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Sweet Joe Pye Weed
  • Holzinger's eupatorium
  • Joe-Pye weed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Eutrochium purpureum var. holzingeri
  • Synonym: Eupatorium purpureum var. holzingeri
  • Synonym: Eupatorium holzingeri

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-07-08
Location: Our Yard, near Central Iowa
Date: 2015-09-29

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