Flower Gardening Tips : How to Grow Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium)

There is joepye weed in the northeast, get your facts straight. hardy to -30F.

I'm in Zone 3, north of North Dakota and we have Joe Pye in perennial gardens come back every year.

"hummus rich" 😅

I learned it's a very good pollinating plant and honey from it is supposedly tasty.

I bought a JPW seed packet and I hope to grow one of them this year.

I'm in zone give and it gets COLD, MY Woodline is covered in JPW and I love them...

Yes !! agree with all the commenters Joe Pye weed is native all over the eastern seaboard and the East Coast of Canada ...it's everywhere in Ontario and they FLOURISH IN REALLY COLD CLIMATES. I don't know if the species of Pye weed near you doesn't survive our winters- but it definitely comes back year after year even in zone 3... it should be mentioned it shows up everywhere in ditches / Marshland and loves the Water's edge ....they're not exactly a xeriscaping plant although they will survive in poor Sandy dry soils as well thanks to the extensive rhizomes that run underground , they just are less likely to have such abundant flowering. The number one reason in my book for planting them is for the MONARCH butterflies and pollinators !! (And have many medicinal applications as well ...)
They are prolific reseeders and the birds love them in the fall . If you want to start an area around your pond or soppy grounds,, stratifying the seed to mimic winter helps them germinate in the spring-- but they certainly can just be scattered near the end Of last frost!! They need light to germinate so barely cover to hide from the birds and prevent getting washed away by April showers ! As the clumps grow over the years they are a beautiful sight at the end of summer and you will be amazed by the sheer numbers of butterflies that are attracted !! Absolutely low maintenance and worth starting on your Property, they take over after the initial seeding and do the job for you year after year !

no kiddin, this is the second video that came up saying it is "native to the south east". i grew up with it 60 years ago in NYS, 4 miles south of the Canadian border. Joe Pye Weed is NATIVE TO NEW YORK STATE. My "yankee-phobic" NC natives would be mortified to learn that NYS is in the southeastern US !!

We grow them in zone 5. They spread like mad and self seed like crazy. Plants reach well over 8ft in height if not pruned. They have no problem growing where it is cold. Temps did well below -20 here.

Joe Pie weeds grows everywhere up here in Ontario. Just sayin

I'm in zone 6 they grow well here in RI.

I am in zone 4 and I have Joe Pye weed in my perennial garden. I don't protect it at all and last year, not including wind chill, it got down to 32 below...and it just popped right back up in the spring. I have one planted in a pretty shady area, the other is in part sun. I grew mine from seed and they were easy to grow. PS - If you cut it back half-way in mid-June, it will still bloom very full and gets even bushier and not so tall about a month or so later. I have some in front of my house that I do cut back in June so it doesn't take over the front of the house, but I have one out back by my garage in pretty heavy shade that I just let go and it gets about 6 feet tall with a ton of blooms.

So how do I plant it

This is the problem when we don't use scientific names, because there are at least five varieties of eutrochium (Joe-Pye) in the United States and many are cold hardy. So, it sounds like she's talking about steel's Joe Pye weed variety - eutrochium Steelei that has a native range in the Southeast. Happy planting everyone!

I'm sorry but this video is unintentionally mistaken. Joe Pye weed does VERY well in Midwest states zones 4 & 5. The plants definitely do not need to be dug up or protected through the winter. They're even a native in Minnesota, despite the extremely cold winters there.