Native Plants

Sweet-Scented Joe-Pye-Weed

Eutrochium purpureum
Location

Native to

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Type
Annuals/Per.
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars

Also called Purple Joepyeweed, this erect perennial grows 4 to 7 feet tall and features dark green leaves and tiny, vanilla-scented, pinkish-purple flowers. They are highly popular with bees and bloom mid-summer to early fall, producing attractive seed heads that persist well into winter. This plant grows in full sun to shade and in moist soils.

May Attract

Sweet-Scented Joe-Pye-Weed is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Nuthatches
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Thrushes
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers
Family
Wrens

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Finches
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SHRUBS

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Mockingbirds & Thrashers
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+11

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Mockingbirds & Thrashers
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+10

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Chickadees & Titmice
Woodpeckers
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Nuthatches
Sparrows
Finches
+11

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Nuthatches
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ANNUALS/PER.

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Sparrows
Vireos
Orioles
+4

May attract

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Mockingbirds & Thrashers
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Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Orioles
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+10

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