[Image description: small black seeds attached to white fluff have taken the place of the purple flowers that adorned this Sweet Joe Pye Weed]

I’m out collecting seeds from some Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) with our newborn in a wrap, rockin’ that Kuato vibe pretty hard.

If you haven’t yet, pop over to this pinned thread to shout out a nursery that you’ve had a good experience with, possibly even one that’s local to your area.

What’s growing on with you all?

  • Swallowtail@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    Have any of you seen hollow joe pye (Eutrochium fistulosum) in the wild? It gets absolutely enormous, I’ve seen it 8-9’ tall and supposedly it can exceed 11’ in height. I want to get some for my garden but I suspect unless I really crowd it like it would be in its native environment, it’ll get really tall and get knocked over by the wind.

    • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.orgOPM
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      3 months ago

      Can you dedicate a few square feet / a square meter in the garden for a few transplants? Having clustered colonies of these tall plants has treated us well, and if you’re doing the starts yourself it’s easy enough to multisow a few cells to get a head start.

      • Swallowtail@beehaw.org
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        3 months ago

        I’m working on converting my entire yard to natives eventually, so I’ll make sure to get a bunch of seeds or plugs for it when I do. Joe pye is so awesome. Absolute butterfly/bee magnet.