Emmet J. Judziewicz from Wisconsin State Herbarium website
 
 

Common Name	Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed
Scientific Name	Eupatorium purpureum
Height	8'-10' tall
Sun/Shade	Full sun - partial shade
Bloom Season	July - September
Bloom Color	Pink
Soil	Moist, well-drained
Disease Susceptibility
Notes	Similar to E. maculatum but in drier areas. Attracts swallowtail butterflies.  Tall - good in background.

 
 

	Prairie Nursery	Heartland Restoration	Enders	Taylor Creek	Possibility Place
Costs	3" Pot  1-3 $3.95ea.  4-11 $2.95ea.  12-31 $2.75ea.  32-63 $2.25ea.  64-95 $1.95ea.  96+ $1.75 ea.  48,000 seeds/oz. 1/8oz.-$12.00  1/4oz.-$16.00  1/2oz.-$24.00  1oz.-$40.00  1lb.-$600.00	20.00/oz	Native plant retail prices:  ½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40,  quart - 4.75,  ½ gallon - 5.95,  gallon - 7.50 & up.	6.00/oz 1.25/plant	Flat of 32, single species, $37.00    2" plug - $2.25 each    gallons - $4.75

Information on Eupatorium purpureum:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=EUPPUR
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
-Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999