Tall clumping plant with green or purplish stems and whorls of green leaves, topped by large dusty pinkish purple inflorescenses from summer into fall. Host plant for larvae of a number of moths including the eupatorium borer both, dusky groundling, three-lined flower moth, joe pye weed borer, red groundling, and ruby tiger moth. Additionally, the flowers provide nectar and pollen for various insects, and the seeds are eaten by birds.
Native Plant Database
Header Photo: Mervin Wallace
Hollow Joe Pye
Eutrochium fistulosum
Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennials
Native Environment: Stream Edge, Wetland
Season of Interest: Late (July - frost)
Main Color: Pink / Rose, Purple
Fall Color:
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Photo: Mervin Wallace

Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Medium Sun/Average Shade

Soil
Moisture
Moderate, High

Nature Attracting
Butterfly, Pollinators/Beneficial Insects, Songbirds

Wildlife Benefit
Butterfly / Moth Host, Butterfly / Moth Nectar, Food/Birds, Food/Pollinators

Animal
Resistance
Size
Height:
48 to
96
inches
Spread:
24 to
30
inches
Size
Height: 48 to
96
inches
Spread: 24 to
30
inches
Size
Height: 48 to
96
inches
Spread: 24 to
30
inches
Typical Landscape Use
Provides height in places like moist borders, native plant gardens, pollinator gardens, and rain gardens. Plant with other species of Joe pye to extend bloom time. Hollow Joe pye blooms longer and may grow taller than a similar species, Joe pye (Eutrochium purpureum).
Establishment and Care Instructions
Plant where soil won't dry out. Support if necessary.
Special Features
Special Usage
Rainscaping
Basic Description
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