As we recognize and celebrate the critical importance of native plants to our ecosystems, we encourage everyone to look to plants that are both beautiful and beneficial. Joe Pye Weed is an exceptional native, one of our favorite pollinator plants, and for garden artistry, it’s like nothing else!

This late-blooming wildflower with its delicate pinkish lavender florets is a gorgeous addition that can add height to the back of a pollinator garden, is stunning en masse such as bordering a fence-line, and provides a splash of color along a sunny stream bank or throughout a rain garden. The mauve-colored blooms also make striking additions to a cut flower bouquet.

We are not the only ones who love Joe Pye. It is one of the absolute best for pollinators and wildlife support. Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium spp.) is a host plant for the larvae of many moth species, including: Eupatorium Borer Moth, Three Lined Flower Moth, Great Tiger Moth, Red Groundling, and Clymene. Joe Pye Weed is also a nectar source for many butterflies, including monarchs and swallowtails, as well as bees and other pollinators. It will be positively ALIVE with pollinators in its blooming season. Plus in the fall, birds love to eat the seeds. They are a valuable food source for goldfinches, juncos, chickadees, tufted titmice, Carolina wrens, and swamp sparrows, among others. 

Joe Pye Weed is a perennial plant native to the eastern United States that blooms from mid-summer to autumn. It grows best in full to part sun and moist, evenly-distributed soil but can also tolerate clay soil. In our experience, we have found that if you provide regular moisture during the first year, it can withstand drier periods in future years without supplemental water. Joe Pye Weed is deer and rabbit resistant, and simply requires cutting back to the ground in spring.

There are four species of Joe Pye Weed at Painters this year, which differ in heights, habits, and color. Spring is a great time of year to establish the plant before summer blooming!

Find the variety that works best for you and take 20% OFF through Sunday May 25th. Large, maturing specimens available in 1 gallon pots and range in price from $8.80-11.20

Spotted Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

NATIVE perennial (z4-8) 

full sun

4-7' tall, 3-4' wide

Purply blooms summer to fall

Thrives in moist, fertile soil; great height for wet spaces

Fantastic food source for wildlife, larval host plant for over 40 species of moths and butterflies

Deer and rabbit resistant

Joe Pye Weed 'Gateway'

Eutrochium maculatum 'Gateway'

NATIVAR perennial (z3-9) 

full-part sun 

4-6' tall, 1-2' wide

More compact than the species, with a bushier habit--a garden favorite

Huge, fluffy, dusty-pink blooms midsummer to fall

Beloved by pollinators; attractive seed heads persist into winter

Thrives in consistently moist to wet soil; intolerant of drought

These statuesque, big-as-your-head blooms bring the butterflies!

Joe Pye Weed 'Little Joe'

Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'

NATIVAR perennial (z3-10) 

full-part sun 

3-4' tall, 1-3' wide

Compact cultivar with better drought tolerance than the species

Light purple blooms late summer, fantastic for pollinators

Thrives in abundantly moist soil; deer resistant

Sweet Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

NATIVE perennial (z4-9) 

full sun-part shade

5-7' tall, 2-4' wide

Purple, vanilla-scented blooms summer to fall, beloved by pollinators

The most shade tolerant of the Joe Pye species

Thrives in rich, moist, well-drained soil, open woodland conditions

Fantastic food source for wildlife, larval host plant for over 40 species of moths and butterflies

Joe Pye Weed 'Euphoria Ruby'

Eutrochium purpureum 'Euphoria Ruby'

NATIVAR perennial (z4-9) 

full sun

2-3' tall, 2' wide

Compact, earlier-flowering, longer-blooming cultivar; an ideal choice for smaller pollinator gardens

Pink-purple blooms turn to attractive seed heads, which feed birds and add winter interest

Deer and rabbit resistant

Hollow Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium fistulosum

NATIVE perennial (z3-6) 

full sun

4-7' tall, 2-3' wide

Fragrant pink blooms summer to fall, wonderful for butterflies and honeybees; 

Thrives in rich, wet soil

Spectacular flowering and architectural height for damp gardens or water margins

Hollow Joe Pye Weed ‘Ivory Towers’

Eutrochium [Eupatorium] fistulosum f. Albidum

NATIVAR perennial (z3-9) 

full sun-part shade

4-6' tall, 3-4' wide

Large, fluffy clusters of creamy white blooms late summer to fall, beautiful, statuesque, and beloved by pollinators; seeds provide food for birds

Deer and rabbit resistant

Thrives in moist, fertile soil

Come get one (or more) before they are gone!