(Coastal Plain Joe-Pye weed, Little Joe Joe-Pye weed)

‘Little Joe’ adds color and architecture to the summer garden with its large, dome-shaped clusters of lavender-pink flowers borne on tall, sturdy stems. Selected for its compact growth habit, it is a form of eastern Joe Pye weed, native to moist, coastal areas of the eastern United States. Its burgundy-tinted stems are lined with whorls of pointed, elliptical, dark green foliage. In mid- to late summer, many dark salmon-pink buds give way to dense, rounded clouds of softly-colored flowers, which...

(Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)

Some consider the tall, late-flowering spotted Joe-Pye weed an architectural conversation piece while others believe it’s too wild looking for home gardens. Either way, this hardy North American perennial is a real gem of a composite. Its flowers and seeds feed wildlife and its bold, stately appearance has made it a favorite native for Oehme and van Sweden inspired gardens. In the wild it naturally grows in moist prairies, open meadows, marshes and roadside ditches, so its ideal for wet garden spots...

(Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)

Some consider the tall, late-flowering spotted Joe-Pye weed an architectural conversation piece while others believe it’s too wild looking for home gardens. Either way, this hardy North American perennial is a real gem of a composite. Its flowers and seeds feed wildlife and its bold, stately appearance has made it a favorite native for Oehme and van Sweden inspired gardens. In the wild it naturally grows in moist prairies, open meadows, marshes and roadside ditches, so its ideal for wet garden spots...

(Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)

Some consider the tall, late-flowering spotted Joe-Pye weed an architectural conversation piece while others believe it’s too wild looking for home gardens. Either way, this hardy North American perennial is a real gem of a composite. Its flowers and seeds feed wildlife and its bold, stately appearance has made it a favorite native for Oehme and van Sweden inspired gardens. In the wild it naturally grows in moist prairies, open meadows, marshes and roadside ditches, so its ideal for wet garden spots...

(Gateway Spotted Joe-Pye weed, Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)

Joe Pye weed ‘Gateway’ brings drama and architecture to the late summer garden with its imposing height and magnificent clouds of lavender-pink flowers. Attractive even when not in bloom, its tall, sturdy, burgundy-tinted stems are lined thickly with whorls of deep green, pointed, elliptical foliage. The branched stems are crowned with huge, pale purple, dome-shaped flower clusters in late summer, which are beloved by an array of bees and butterflies.

Native to the eastern United States, Joe...

(Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)

Some consider the tall, late-flowering spotted Joe-Pye weed an architectural conversation piece while others believe it’s too wild looking for home gardens. Either way, this hardy North American perennial is a real gem of a composite. Its flowers and seeds feed wildlife and its bold, stately appearance has made it a favorite native for Oehme and van Sweden inspired gardens. In the wild it naturally grows in moist prairies, open meadows, marshes and roadside ditches, so its ideal for wet garden spots...

(Sweet Joe-Pye weed, Sweetscented Joe-Pye weed)

Native to the eastern United States, sweet-scented Joe Pye weed is a bold, architectural perennial that bears large, airy clusters of pale purple flowers in mid- to late summer. Its lush green leaves are arranged in circular whorls on tall, sturdy stems, and marked with small, purple blotches at the bases. huge, dome-shaped clusters of small, lavender-pink flowers appeaer in mid- to late summer. These emit a light vanilla fragrance, and are beloved by an array of bees and butterflies.

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(White Snakeroot)

White snakeroot is an upright clumping perennial native to the woodlands of the eastern United States. Its clusters of soft, fluffy, white flower clusters allure bees and butterflies in the late summer to early fall. Foliage is gray-green in color and stems are stiff and brownish red.

White snakeroot requires a rich alkaline soil, with plentiful watering and partial shade. This perennial is great as a cutflower or planting in the back of the border or as a companion to taller ornamental grasses...

(Chocolate Snakeroot, White Snakeroot)

Chocolate snakeroot is an upright clumping perennial native to the woodlands of the eastern United States. Its clusters of soft fluffy white flower clusters allure bees and butterflies in the late summer to early fall. Leaves of cultivar 'Chocolate' are colored mainly a deep purple with brown or bronze tints with stems are stiff and brownish purple.

Chocolate snakeroot requires a rich alkaline soil, with plentiful watering and partial shade. Remove wandering rhizomes if a meadering cluster...

(Woodspurge)

Salmon-red stems are lined with green leaves with reddish undersides on the woodspurge, and bears chartreuse flowers in springtime. An upright clumping perennial that is usually evergreen, it is native to eastern Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus Mountains.

Its spoon-shaped green to dark green leaves encircle and line the tall stems that are a contrasting salmon-red. In mid-spring to early summer, the stem tips bear a cluster of green-yellow flowers that are cup-shaped bracts (modified leaves called...