Habitat	Bloom Period	Color	Height	Moisture	Plant Spacing	Lifespan
	Sun or light Shade	August and September	Pale Pink to Pale Purple	3 to 5   feet	Average to Moist	12 to 36 inches	Perennial

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Eupatorium maculatum seed   spotted Joe-pye seed	approximate number of seeds	approximate coverage in square feet
1 packet -  -------	200	45 sq ft
1 ounce - --------	7500	375 sq ft
1 pound ----------	120,000	6,000 sq ft

Eupatorium maculatum, Spotted Joe pye weed, is a tall, stately plant growing 3 to 5  feet tall (pinch back for compact plant) with fragrant, pale pink to pale purple flowers in large  domed clusters, the attractive seed heads add interest to a flowerbed in winter.  Wild Joe Pye plants can be pinched back in early summer making a shorter, bushier plant.  Joe-pye has large leaves in whorls around the stem and blooms between July and October attracting swallowtail butterflies.  Plant Spotted Joe-pye Weed wildflowers in moist, well drained, rich garden soil in full sun or light shade with wild bergamot, goldenrod, purple coneflower, asters and prairie grasses or use as a large accent plant.   Joe Pye seeds germinate without pretreatment and can be planted fall, winter or spring. 

Wild Spotted Joepye weed occurs naturally in prairies, low moist ground, moist wooded slopes, savannas and along streams.  Asteraceae (Aster Family)

The map below shows areas where native Eupatorium maculatum Spotted Joe-Pyeplants grow wild but it can be planted and will grow over a much wider area than shown.  USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9.  

Eupatorium maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye Weed	Arizona Colorado Connecticut Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts	Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio	Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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