Eupatorium Dubium Baby Joe

A favorite of butterflies but not of deer.

Eupatorium dubium baby joe.

Noteworthy characteristics eutrochium dubium commonly known as coastal plain joe pye weed is a coarse herbaceous perennial that typically grows to 3 5 tall and to 2 4 wide on purple spotted stems clad with ovate coarsely toothed strongly three veined leaves to 6 long arranged in whorls of 3 4. It is a key monarch way station plant. Eupatorium dubium baby joe. Baby joe bears the same ample lavender rose flowers as its taller cousins but on shorter stems that won t flop.

It forms a bushy upright mound of coarse dark green leaves bearing large umbrella like heads of magenta pink flowers in late summer. Eupatorium baby joe displays dark red purple stems topped with large domed mauve flowers in late summer and fall. Eupatorium is a genus of about 40 species most of them native to the eastern united states. Eupatorium dubium baby joe.

Eupatorium dubium baby joe is a compact selection of the large growing joe pye weed that blooms late summer with flat topped small mauve purple flowers. Now small gardens can include a late summer display of our native joe pye weed. Joe pye weed eutrochium dubium baby joe is a pollinator magnet and important nectar source for monarchs and other butterflies. Baby joe is a patented plant that will not come true from seed.

In addition to its value to butterflies joe pye weed provides bees with nectar and also supports conservation biological control by attracting beneficial insects to the garden. Butterflies will be happy visitors.