Flowering sweet Joe pye weed with groups of small pink blooms and green foliage. - Cynthia Shirk/Shutterstock While deer are essential to a balanced ecosystem, these herbivores primarily feed on ...
This is the time of year when, frankly, I get ants in my pants. The last patch of snow in my yard has melted. I could finally drag the ladder around to the front of the house to take down Christmas ...
No matter where you live, native plants offer many choices for low-maintenance, drought-tolerant options to add to your garden or landscape. Joe-pye weed is one of these hardy native plants and a ...
Many gardeners include Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) in their gardens as an ornamental. Easily reaching more than 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide, Joe Pye weed can quickly dominate a garden. Despite ...
Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If Ohio’s prairies and wetlands had a celebrity, it ...
In a shifting climate, with environmental diversity at risk, it’s never been more important to propagate native plants. Here’s how. By Margaret Roach The native perennial species of our meadows — ...
It's that time of the year when we are once again treated to the blooming of eupatorium purpureum, Joe Pye Weed, aka "King of the Meadow." Actually, it is probably more commonly referred to as "Queen ...