Gateway Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum 'Gateway'

Gateway Joe Pye Weed is a bushy woody  perennial with whorls of coarse dark leaves on its wine-red stems.  The large flowerhead on top opens to hundreds of tiny sweetly fragrant rose-pink flowers in summer, attracting  bees and  butterflies.  Best bloom in  full sun and moist, well-drained soils.  Tolerates light afternoon shade in the South.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Leaves will scorch if soils dry out.  Will tolerate light afternoon shade in southern climates.  Cut plants to the ground in late winter.  

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings,  Borders,  Naturalized Areas,  Ponds or Streams, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coreopsis, Phlox, Echinacea

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang,  Eupatorium maculatum Gateway 3zz,  CC BY-SA 4.0, (2)  Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz,  Eupatorium maculatum kz5,  CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Andrey Zharkikh,  2011.10.03_16.54.08_CIMG6544

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.