JOE PYE WEED. American native wildflower. Thrives in full sun. Attracts all kinds of butterflies and Bees. A tall good-looking plant. Pretty much carefree after established. Lots of 8" clusters of tiny pink flowers at the top of the plant. Blooms all summer into fall with a strong vanilla scent. Perennial. JOE PYE has a very long-life span (10 years+) once the root system becomes established, they can be divided after 3rd year and beyond. JOE PYE will spread through reseeding and a extensive rhizomes root system. After the growing season is over cut JOE PYE down to the ground, and in spring new plants will pop up from the root-ball and start growing. Grows fast and gets very tall in Full sun with steady water. JOE PYE is hard to find in the wild anymore, but usually grows in open savannas and prairies. JOE PYE WEED likes steady water but will tolerate some drought. If you have a lot of shade, joe pye's cousin, sweet joe pye weed thrives in shade to part sun and gets a little taller. 200+Quality seeds per order. Thank You!
Some American Native Wildflower seeds need to go through a cold winter to germinate. This plant is one of them. They do this so the seed won’t sprout in fall, only to have the seedling not make it through a cold winter. I have stratified these seeds to simulate a cold winter(stratification) This raises the germination rate considerably. Thanks for looking!!
Perennial.
Full sun.
Spring, soil temp 65F+.
SOW 1/8"deep,4 seeds per plant 24"- 36"apart. Keep moist.
Germination 28-35 days.
Thin to 1 plant per. Use scissors to cut out unwanted sprouts.
Height 48" - 60" x 24" Wide.
Medium water. Light fertilizer if needed.
Flowers are pink. Blooms from early summer through fall.