{"id":8428,"date":"2020-08-11T04:54:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T04:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=8428"},"modified":"2020-08-11T04:58:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T04:58:58","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-213-eutrochium-purpureum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/11\/plant-a-day-2020-day-213-eutrochium-purpureum\/","title":{"rendered":"PLant-A-Day 2020 (Day 213) Eutrochium purpureum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This plant features one of the silliest of common names, \u201cJoe Pye Weed.\u201d It is a bold herbaceous perennial\u2013really bold! Mine are about seven feet tall this year and maybe four feet wide. I started some from seed for the south side of the driveway over twenty years ago. Those original plants died out eventually, but not before they seeded around a little, and some volunteers came up on the north side of the driveway. I have at least two plants there now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollinators love the unusual lavender flowers. New leaves have a purple tinge, too, and their arrangement is attractive around the tall stems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n